Posted on 09/23/2011 7:44:50 AM PDT by Cronos
India is being pulled into a complex and increasingly tense territorial dispute in the South China Sea, with China repeatedly warning ONGC, the Indian state oil company, that its joint exploration plans with Vietnam amount to a violation of Chinese sovereignty.
The Indian government responded to the latest Chinese warnings Thursday by repeating its pledge to continue exploring for energy in the South China Sea, where China is embroiled in territorial disputes with Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei
.."We plan to restart drilling there," said ONGC Chairman A.K. Hazarika. "The [Indian] Ministry of External Affairs has informed us that the block is well within the territory of Vietnam and so there are no issues with exploration there."
...The South China Sea, which Beijing claims almost in its entirety, is thought to be rich in oil and gas—although proving that has been hard because of the territorial disputes—and is one of the world's most important shipping routes.
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Once upon a time the United States Navy would have sternly told both quarreling children to “play nice.”
This is ONE reason they are building up their military.
There aren;t enough resouces on EARTH to supply the Chinese popualtion.
Muchas gracias Senior Nixon y Senior Kissinger!!
This oil is what I learned our involvement in South Vietnam actually was about. People didn’t talk much about that.
Suggest researching the Straits of Molocca.
Choke Points. Related:
http://www.deepgreencrystals.com/images/GlobalOilChokePoints.pdf
http://www.wright.edu/~tdung/Oil_choke_points_WSJ.pdf
http://www.businessinsider.com/oil-chokepoints-suez-canal-2011-1#1-the-strait-of-hormuz-1
Now we'll just send in the USS Brokeback Mountain to watch.
If China attacks India at sea they might find that tankers have a hard time traversing the Indian Ocean.
IMHO, China is more vulnerable than India. Note that China is creating enemies by bullying all of the small neighboring countries. That will not turn out to be wise.
I don’t think so — this is a territorial dispute that doesn’t involve the US
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