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National Capital Region Manila Caloocan City Las Piñas City National Capital Manila . Caloocan City Region (NCR; Metro Manila) . Las Piñas City . Makati City . Malabon City . Mandaluyong City . Manila . Marikina City . Muntinlupa City . Navotas City . Parañaque City . Pasay City . Pasig City . Pateros . Quezon City . San Juan City . Taguig City . Valenzuela City Cordillera Baguio City Administrative . Abra Region (CAR) . Apayao . Benguet . Ifugao . Kalinga . Mountain Province Ilocos Region San Fernando City (Region I) . Ilocos Norte . Ilocos Sur . La Union . Pangasinan Cagayan Valley Tuguegarao City (Region II) . Batanes . Cagayan . Isabela . Nueva Vizcaya . Quirino Central Luzon San Fernando City (Region III) . Aurora . Bataan . Bulacan . Nueva Ecija . Pampanga . Tarlac . Zambales CALABARZON Calamba City (Region IV-A) . Batangas . Cavite . Laguna . Quezon . Rizal MIMARO Calapan City (Region IV-B) . Marinduque . Occidental Mindoro . Oriental Mindoro . Romblon Bicol Region Legazpi City (Region V) . Albay . Camarines Norte . Camarines Sur . Catanduanes . Masbate . Sorsogon Visayas Region Map Regional center Provinces (short name) Western Visayas Iloilo City (Region VI) . Aklan . Antique . Capiz . Guimaras . Iloilo . Negros Occidental Central Visayas Cebu City (Region VII) . Bohol . Cebu . Negros Oriental . Siquijor Eastern Visayas Tacloban City (Region VIII) . Biliran . Eastern Samar . Leyte . Northern Samar . Samar . Southern Leyte Mindanao Region Regional Map Provinces (short name) center Zamboanga Peninsula Pagadian City . Zamboanga del Norte (Region IX) . Zamboanga del Sur . Zamboanga Sibugay Northern Mindanao Cagayan de (Region X) Oro . Bukidnon . Camiguin . Lanao del Norte . Misamis Occidental . Misamis Oriental Davao Region Davao City (Region XI) . Compostela Valley . Davao del Norte . Davao del Sur . Davao Oriental SOCCSKSARGEN Koronadal (Region XII) City . Cotabato . Sarangani . South Cotabato . Sultan Kudarat . General Santos City Caraga Butuan City (Region XIII) . Agusan del Norte . Agusan del Sur . Dinagat Islands . Surigao del Norte . Surigao del Sur Autonomous Region in Cotabato City Muslim Mindanao . Basilan (ARMM) . Lanao del Sur . Maguindanao . Shariff Kabunsuan . Sulu . Tawi-Tawi Spratly Islands dispute From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is missing information about American oil-related interests and intervention in the area and Sino-led ongoing large scale reclamation on the reefs of Spratly Islands. Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page. (June 2015) Part of a series on the Spratly Islands Spratly Islands military occupations map Related articles Spratly Islands dispute Dangerous Ground (South China Sea) Great wall of sand History of the Spratly Islands List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands Philippines and the Spratly Islands Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Confrontations Southwest Cay incident (1975) Johnson South Reef skirmish (1988) Military occupations Occupied by China [show] Occupied by Malaysia [show] Occupied by the Philippines [show] Occupied by Taiwan [show] Occupied by Vietnam [show] The Spratly Islands dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute between Brunei, China (People's Republic of China), Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan (Republic of China), and Vietnam, concerning ownership of the Spratly Islands, a group of islands and associated "maritime features" (reefs, banks, cays, etc.) located in the South China Sea. The dispute is characterised by diplomatic stalemate and the employment of low-level military pressure techniques (such as military occupation of disputed territory) in the advancement of national territorial claims. All except Brunei occupy some of the maritime features. Most of the "maritime features" in this area have at least six names: The "International name", usually in English; the "Chinese name", sometimes different for PRC and ROC, (and also in different character-sets); the Vietnamese, Philippine and Malaysian names, and also, there are alternate names, (e.g. Spratly Island is also known as Storm Island), and sometimes names with "colonial" origins (French, Portuguese, Spanish, British, etc.). The Spratly Islands are important for economic and strategic reasons. The Spratly area holds potentially significant, but largely unexplored, reserves of oil and natural gas; it is a productive area for world fishing; it is one of the busiest areas of commercial shipping traffic; and surrounding countries would get an extended continental shelf if their claims were recognised. In addition to economic incentives, the Spratlys sit astride major maritime trade routes to Northeast Asia, giving them added significance as positions from which to monitor maritime activity in the South China Sea and to potentially base and project military force from. In 2014, China drew increased international attention due to its dredging activities within the Spratlys, amidst speculation it is planning to further develop its military presence in the area.[1] In 2015 satellite imagery revealed that China was rapidly constructing an airfield on Fiery Cross Reef within the Spratlys whilst continuing its land reclamation activities at other sites.[2][3][4] Only China (PRC), Taiwan (ROC), and Vietnam have made claims based on historical sovereignty of the islands.[5] The Philippines, however, claims part of the area as its territory under UNCLOS, an agreement parts of which [6] have been ratified by the countries involved in the Spratly islands dispute. 1Reasons for the dispute o 1.1Hydrocarbons o 1.2Commercial fishing o 1.3Commercial shipping 2Confrontations 3International law o 3.1Extended continental shelf claims, 2009 o 3.2Philippine protests to ITLOS, 2011 o 3.3Philippines submission to PCA, 2013 4Diplomatic moves o 4.11992 ASEAN Declaration on the South China Sea o 4.21995 Agreement o 4.3Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, 2002 o 4.4Code of Conduct in the South China Sea o 4.5Chinese dredging activities o 4.62015 construction of an airfield at Fiery Cross Reef 5History of the Spratly Islands 6Claims and their basis o 6.1Brunei . 6.1.1Basis of Brunei's claim o 6.2Malaysia . 6.2.1Basis of Malaysia's claim o 6.3China, the Republic of China, and the People's Republic of China . 6.3.1Basis for PRC's and ROC's claims o 6.4The Philippines o 6.5Vietnam 7Tabular listing of features showing country possessions 8Timeline 9See also 10References 11Further reading 12External links Reasons for the dispute There are multiple reasons why the neighbouring nations in particular, and the rest of the world in general, would be interested in the Spratly Islands. Hydrocarbons In 1968, oil was discovered in the region.[7] The Geology and Mineral Resources Ministry of the People's Republic of China (PRC) has estimated that the Spratly area holds oil and natural gas reserves of 17.7 billion tons (1.60 × 1010 kg), [citation needed] compared to the 13 billion tons (1.17 × 1010 kg) held by Kuwait, placing it as, potentially, the fourth largest reserve bed in the world. The United States Energy Information Administration contests this, estimating almost no oil and less than 100 billion cubic feet of natural gas exists in fields near the Spratly Islands.[8][9] Still, these large potential reserves have assisted in intensifying the territorial claims of the neighbouring countries. In 1968 and 1970, the Philippines started to take their territorial claims more seriously and stationed troops on three islands which had been claimed by the adventurer Tomas Cloma as part of Freedomland.[10] In 1973, Vietnamese troops were stationed on five islands.[11] On 11 March 1976, the first major Philippine oil discovery occurred off the coast of Palawan, near the Spratly Islands territory. In 2010, these oil fields supplied 15% of all petroleum consumed in the Philippines.[12] In 1992, the PRC and Vietnam granted oil exploration contracts to US oil companies that covered overlapping areas in the Spratlys. In May 1992,[13] the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Crestone Energy (a US company based in Denver, Colorado) signed a co-operation contract for the joint exploration of the Wan'an Bei-21block, a 25,155 square kilometres (9,710 sq mi) section of the southwestern South China Sea that includes Spratly Island areas.[14] Part of the Crestone's contract covered Vietnam's blocks 133 and 134, where PetroVietnam, PetroStar Energy(USA) and ConocoPhillips Vietnam Exploration & Production, a unit ofConocoPhillips, agreed to evaluate prospects in April 1992. This led to a confrontation between China and Vietnam, with each demanding that the other cancel its contract. Commercial fishing[edit] The region is one of the world's most productive areas for commercial fishing. In 1988, for example, the South China Sea accounted for 8% of the total world catch, a figure which rose to 35% in 2010.[15] The PRC has predicted that the South China Sea holds combined fishing and oil and gas resources worth one trillion dollars.[citation needed] There have already been numerous clashes between the PRC and the Philippines, PRC and Vietnam, and between other nations over "foreign" fishing vessels in Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), and the media[which?] regularly report the arrest of Chinese fishermen. In 1984, Brunei established an exclusive fishing zone encompassing Louisa Reef in the southeastern Spratly Islands.[16] Commercial shipping[edit] The region is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. During the 1980s, at least 270 ships
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