Has China given up claiming south china sea waters in Brunei?

[syed putra]

Normally Beijing will bar any offshore contractors from working n south china sea due to territorial dispute.

China vessels join forces for Brunei pipeline work​

PRP9 campaign underscores BSP’s commitment to ensuring safe and efficient energy supply

Haiyang Shiyou 295 en route to Brunei for pipeline role.Photo: COOEC

• Xu Yihe

Asia CorrespondentSingapore



Published 8 August 2025, 07:13


China's Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC) has deployed two of its flagship vessels to a major subsea pipeline replacement campaign in Brunei, as part of Brunei Shell Petroleum’s (BSP) PRP9 project.

At the heart of the programme is a 26-kilometre subsea pipeline installation using the pipelay vessel Hai Yang Shi You 202.

Although non-self-propelled, the vessel has been a workhorse for nearshore and mid-depth pipeline projects across Asia

 

[eatshitndie]

pipeline for prc prostitutes?

 

[laksaboy]

Probably desperation as the oil from Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Angola and the Middle East dries up.

 

[ftan42]

China's claim to a nine-dash line in the South China Sea, dating back to the mid-20th century, was deemed to have "no legal basis" for its maritime claims by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague.