CHINA TO DEPLOY GIANT OIL RIG TO SPRATLYS IN JULY - SALCEDA

Notwithstanding a diplomatic protest filed by the Philippines, China will deploy a giant oil rig and begin drilling in the disputed Spratly Islands in the West Philippine Sea/South China Sea, Albay Governor Joey Salceda said on Tuesday.

Salceda said the platform Marine Oil 981 is owned by the China National Offshore Oil Corp., that country’s s largest offshore oil producer.


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