Table 1. Oil and Gas in the South China Sea Region
| Proven Oil Reserves (Billion Barrels) | Proven Gas Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet) | Oil Production (Barrels/Day) | Gas Production (Billion Cubic Feet) | |
| Brunei |
1.35
|
14.1
|
145,000
|
340
|
| Cambodia |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| China* |
1 (est.)
|
3.5
|
290,000
|
141
|
| Indonesia* |
0.2
|
29.7
|
46,000
|
0
|
| Malaysia |
3.9
|
79.8
|
645,000
|
1,300
|
| Philippines |
0.2
|
2.7
|
<1,000
|
0
|
| Singapore |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Taiwan |
<0.01
|
2.7
|
<1,000
|
30
|
| Thailand |
0.3
|
7.0
|
59,000
|
482
|
| Vietnam |
0.6
|
6.0
|
180,000
|
30
|
| TOTAL |
7.5 (est.)
|
145.5
|
1,367,000
|
2323
|
*Only the regions near the South China Sea are included
Proved reserves as of 1/1/98; 1997 production (except Indonesia, where data is as of 1996). There are no proved reserves for the Spratly and Paracel Islands
Source: “South China Sea Region,” United States Energy Information Administration, Country Analysis Briefs, August 1998
URL http://www.middlebury.edu/SouthChinaSea/scs-introduction.html
Copyright ©1999 by David Rosenberg.
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