• According to the reports and surveys, parts of the Sea
appeared to be great in oil potential, especially in areas
adjacent to southern Vietnamese coast, south and
southwest of the Spratlys, and off the southern coast of
China between Taiwan and Hainan
• According to the Ministry of Geological Resources and
Mining of China, the Sea may contain 17.7 billion tons of
crude oil (compared to Kuwait with 13 billion tons)
• The energy potential could be the fourth largest reserve bed
in the world