Sinopec building fuel station in South China Sea
Chinese oil company Sinopec is building a filling station and storage tank on Woody Island in the South China Sea, as China continues to expand its civilian infrastructure in the disputed waterway
Disputed by China,
Paracel Islands:
Amphitrite
Group
North Reef
Vietnam, Taiwan. Occupied by China
CHINA
Woody Island
TAIWAN
SOUTH
CHINA
SEA
400km
Crescent
Group
PARACEL
ISLANDS
250 miles
Lincoln
Reef
VIETNAM
Spratly Is.
Discovery
Reef
Vuladdore
Reef
Passu Keah
Bombay
Reef
Chinese
claim line
Triton
Island
30km
20 miles
Existing facilities
New construction
(location of fuel
station unknown)
Rocky Island
Gun emplacement
Firing range
Radar
facility
Surface-to-air
missile battery
WOODY
(YONGXING)
ISLAND
0.5 km
0.3 miles
Runway
3,000m long,
can handle J-11
fighter aircraft
Sansha city
(population
1,000)
Military
harbour
Aircraft hangars
Weather
station
Probable new hangars
and runway apron
Civilian
harbour
New airport building
Sansha authority
headquarters
Area of recent landfill and runway extension
Source: Wire agencies
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Sinopec building fuel station in S. China Sea
Chinese oil company Sinopec is building a filling station and storage tank on Woody Island in the South China Sea, as China continues to expand its civilian infrastructure in the disputed waterway
CHINA
TAIWAN
SOUTH
CHINA
SEA
400km
250 miles
Spratly
Islands
VIETNAM
Paracel Islands
Disputed by China,
Vietnam, Taiwan.
Occupied by China
Chinese
claim line
Amphitrite Group
North Reef
Woody Island
Lincoln
Reef
Crescent
Group
PARACEL
ISLANDS
Vuladdore Reef
Discovery
Reef
Bombay
Reef
Passu Keah
30km
Triton Island
20 miles
Existing facilities
New construction
(location of fuel station
unknown)
Gun emplacement
Surface-to-air
missile battery
Rocky Island
Firing
range
Radar
facility
Military
harbour
WOODY
(YONGXING)
ISLAND
0.5 km
0.3 miles
Sansha
city
Runway
3,000m long,
can handle J-11
fighter aircraft
Civilian
harbour
Weather
station
Aircraft hangars
Probable new hangars
and runway apron
Sansha authority
headquarters
New airport building
Area of recent landfill and runway extension
Source: Wire agencies
© GRAPHIC NEWS
Sinopec building fuel station in South China Sea
Chinese oil company Sinopec is building a filling station and storage tank on Woody Island in the South China Sea, as China continues to expand its civilian infrastructure in the disputed waterway
Disputed by China,
Paracel Islands:
Vietnam, Taiwan. Occupied by China
CHINA
TAIWAN
SOUTH
CHINA
SEA
400km
250 miles
VIETNAM
Spratly Is.
Chinese
claim line
Amphitrite
Group
North Reef
Woody Island
Crescent
Group
PARACEL
ISLANDS
Lincoln
Reef
Discovery
Reef
Vuladdore
Reef
Passu Keah
Bombay
Reef
30km
Triton Island
20 miles
WOODY (YONGXING) ISLAND
Existing facilities
New construction
(location of fuel station unknown)
Runway
3,000m long,
can handle
J-11 fighter
aircraft
Gun emplacement
Surface-
to-air
missile
battery
Firing
range
Radar
facility
0.5 km
0.3 miles
Aircraft
hangars
Civilian
harbour
Probable new
hangars and
runway apron
Sansha
authority
HQ
New airport
building
Recent landfill and runway extension
Source: Wire agencies
© GRAPHIC NEWS
CHINA
Paracel Islands expansion
December 14, 2015 - Chinese oil company Sinopec is building a filling station and storage tank on Woody Island in the South China Sea, as China continues to expand its civilian infrastructure in the disputed waterway.