Browsing BusinessWorld by Subject "Oil and gas exploration"

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    • 7 of 10 Filipinos want Duterte gov't to assert right at sea 

      Tadalan, Charmaine A.; Cortez, Gillian M. (BusinessWorld, July 15, 2020, on page S1/9)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. this week said a 2016 decision by a United Nations tribunal rejects China’s claim to more than 80% of the South China Sea is nonnegotiable. The Department of Foreign Affairs ...

    • China hits back at Philippines for criticizing reclamation project in disputed region 

      (BusinessWorld, January 12, 2015, on page S1/12)
      China on Monday hit back at the Philippines for criticizing Beijing's ongoing reclamation project in the disputed South China Sea, saying that its actions were within the scope of Chinese sovereignty. China lays claim to ...

    • China's claims to the South China Sea are unlawful. Now what? 

      The Editorial Board; The New York Times (BusinessWorld, July 29, 2020, on page S1/6)
      With China throwing its weight around in the South China Sea, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rightly declared this month that the country’s aggressive claims to offshore resources in the area were “completely unlawful.” ...

    • Manila, Beijing work out how to tap oil, gas in South China Sea areas they both claim 

      Balinbin, Arjay (BusinessWorld, February 15, 2018, on page S1/1-S1/3)
      The Philippines and China have agreed to set up a special panel to work out how they can jointly explore oil and gas in part of the South China Sea that both sides lay claim without having to address the explosive issue ...

    • No urgency to explore in West PHL Sea while pandemic depresses prices — academic 

      Ang, Adam J. (BusinessWorld, August 18, 2020, on page S1/3)
      Weak oil prices during the pandemic serve as a disincentive to joint exploration with China in the West Philippine Sea, a maritime law expert from the University of the Philippines said. Jay L. Batongbacal, head of the ...

    • PHL, China agree on 'prudent' sea exploration 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, March 23, 2018, on page S1/10)
      China and the Philippines said Wednesday they will cautiously proceed with discussions on joint oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea, further reversing years of tensions over their competing claims to the region. ...

    • PXP Energy stands by to resume drilling of Recto Bank oil block 

      Ang, Adam J. (BusinessWorld, July 16, 2020, on page S1/3)
      PXP Energy Corp. has set its eyes on exploring an oil block within the disputed West Philippine Sea that is estimated to bear as much as 3 trillion cubic feet of gas resources. Led by businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan, the ...

    • Vietnam accuses China of attack on fishermen in South China Sea 

      Reuters; Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, March 27, 2013, on page S1/9)
      Vietnam has accused China of opening fire on a fishing boat in the disputed South China Sea and burning down its cabin, charges denied by Beijing on Tuesday as tensions resurface over sovereignty in the energy-rich waters. ...