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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

© GRAPHIC NEWS

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

Graphic shows location of Woody (Yongxing) Island in the disputed Paracel Islands, and facilities on the island.
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CHINA

Paracel Islands expansion

By Mike Tyler

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.

Sources
PUBLISHED: 14/12/2015; STORY: Graphic News
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