The Philippines Malampaya and Camago Natural Gas and condensate fields are in Chinese-claimed waters. The fields are estimated to contain 2.6 Tcf of natural gas. The Philippines has proceeded with development of the fields and linked the gas output to three power plants via a 312-mile Pipeline. There have been no objections from China to this development.
Malaysia
Many of Malaysias natural gas fields located offshore Sarawak also fall under the Chinese claim, but as with the Philippine gas fields, China has not specifically objected to their development. In July 2002, a new Oil discovery by Murphy Oil (working under a contruct with state-owned Petronas) about 100 miles offshore from Sabah on island of Borneo rekindled interest in a latent dispute between Malaysia and Brunei over offshore rights. Murphy plans to begin commercial production in the area in 2007. Shell Malaysia reported a deep water oil discovery off the Sabah coast in 2004. Brunei had asserted a 200-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off its coastline in 2000. Negotiations between the two governments to resolve the issue are continuing.