China has approved the construction of a deep-sea research facility in the South China Sea to support marine exploration. The ...

As CNOOC intensifies its exploration of the South China Sea’s deepwater reserves, it's encountering more technical hurdles. The company is deploying innovative technologies and tailored approaches to ...

Scientists will be able to work for up to a month in the facility that will be anchored 2,000 metres below the surface After ...

China has launched a new ultradeep drilling campaign, aiming to unlock oil and gas resources from depths exceeding 8,000 meters in the Taklimakan Desert.

China is a great friend, but of course we have to operate in our waters and secure economic advantage, including drilling for oil in our ... sovereignty in the South China Sea.

An international scientific ocean drilling expedition could raise the stakes in the South China Sea disputes.

The risk of conflict in the South China Sea ... would risk a U.S.-China naval confrontation. Disputes between China and Vietnam over seismic surveys or drilling for oil and gas could also trigger ...

Using this approach, the researchers identified 113 oil and gas platforms within a complex maritime landscape of islands, vessels, and other offshore facilities in the South China Sea. This is the ...

In recent months, Chinese coast guard vessels have behaved similarly toward a Malaysian oil rig ... put the South China Sea back on the agenda in high-level meetings with China, as well as in ...

But what cheered the marines most were letters of support from schoolchildren as well as boxes ... company dispatched an oil rig to a contested area of the South China Sea it flicked a match ...

Operator is poised to build China’s second cylindrical FPSO for developing its latest oil find in the South China Sea ...

The South China Sea holds 70 billion tonnes of methane hydrates – equivalent to half of China’s proven oil and gas reserves ... The precise manipulation of drilling tools, as well as emergency ...