A Chinese vessel is suspected of mapping the seafloor around U.S. allies Australia and New Zealand to support submarine ...

China has struck black-gold after discovering 100 million tons of oil beneath the seabed. A major oilfield, called Huizhou 19 ...

The presence of a Chinese research ship comes after Beijing's warships circumnavigated Australia less than a month ago.

China has discovered large-scale integrated clastic oilfield in deep to ultra-deep layers for the first time in South China ...

The robot has already ridden with two of China's most advanced crewed submersibles — Shenhai Yongshi, or Deep-Sea Warrior, ...

CNOOC has discovered a new oil field, Huizhou 19-6, in the South China Sea, estimated to contain over 100 million tons of ...

This undated photo shows a drilling platform at Huizhou 19-6 oilfield in the eastern South China Sea. The China National ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a ...

The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has discovered an oilfield in the South China Sea with proven reserves ...

Trump's deep-sea mining order is likely to stipulate that the U.S. aims to exercise its rights to extract critical minerals ...

So far, the team has collaborated with peers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Deep-sea Science and ...

deep to ultra-deep layers are expected to drive future growth in oil and gas reserves and production. China's oil and gas exploration in the eastern South China Sea has seen consecutive ...