...conducted by CCOP in the Yellow Sea and (he East China Sea (sec map i). The scientists reported th.it "a high probability exists that the continental shelf...favorable area for oil and gas is beneath the Yellow Sca.":l This report caused a great sensation among tlic oil-hungry coastal states and led to what might...

...conducted by the ECAFE, UN Economic Commission for Asia and Far East, in 1969, which reads in part: A high probability exists that the continental shelf...most prolific oil reservoirs in the world. A second favorable area for oil and gas is beneath the Yellow Sea * * * Among the coastal states of the region,...

...summarizing the findings of the first major scientific survey of the Chinese continental shelf, concluded that "The continental shelf between Taiwan and Japan...of the most prolific oil reservoirs in the world." 33 And a preliminary survey conducted in 1969 reportedly convinced the, Japanese Government that "well...

...summarizing the findings of the first major scientific survey of the Chinese continental shelf, concluded that "The continental shelf between Taiwan and Japan...of the most prolific oil reservoirs in the world." 33 And a preliminary survey conducted in 1969 reportedly convinced the Japanese Government that. "well...

...and the data were analyzed in 1969. The first report based on these preliminary surveys concluded, "A high probability exists that the continental shelf...of the most prolific oil reservoirs in the world." Another US team surveyed the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand in 1969. One of the most promising...

...seismic survey under the auspices of the UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East concluded that "the continental shelf between Taiwan and Japan...of the most prolific oil reservoirs in the world." See Harrison (1977:46). Early discovery of a large gas field in the Yinggehai Gulf of the South China...

...171. Encyclopaedia Britannia, "China Sea", available at <www.britannica.com>. 172. The CCOP/ECAAFE reported that "a high probability exists that the...one of the most prolific oil reservoirs in the world . . ."; CCOP/ECAFE, "Geological Structure and Some Water Characteristics of the East China Sea and...