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The Off-Shore Petroleum Resources of South-East Asia pp 76–101Cite as

Actual Territorial Disputes over Potential Off-shore Petroleum Fields

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Property rights over islands or shelf areas in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea have become sources of open conflict or rancour among the coastal countries. These claims may or may not necessarily be settled by resolution of the issues in the Law of the Sea Conference, as ownership claims are partially based on previously acquired rights. The discussion here will be grouped under three headings: (1) boundary disputes in the Gulf of Thailand, (2) controversial claims to sovereignty over islands in the South China Sea, (3) the Philippine claim to Sabah. Although not originally linked to petroleum, the Sabah question may now be relevant in the light of off-shore discoveries.

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Siddayao, C.M. (1980). Actual Territorial Disputes over Potential Off-shore Petroleum Fields. In: The Off-Shore Petroleum Resources of South-East Asia. Natural Resources of South-East-Asia. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6855-7_4

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