Global Challenges
Issue no. 1 | February 2017
South China Sea: War on the Horizon?
Global Challenges
Issue no. 1 | February 2017
South China Sea | Figure for Article 1

Antagonisms in the South China Sea: The Regional Perspective

Estimated Proved and Probable Oil and Gas Reserves in the South China Sea

CountriesCrude oil and liquid reserves (billion barrels)Natural gas reserves (trillion cubic feet)
Brunei1.515
China1.315
Indonesia0.380
Malaysia54
Philippines0.2-
Taiwan--
Thailand-1
Vietnam320

Source: US Energy Information Administration, 2013.