20.1.16

Haiyang Shiyou 981 oil rig:enters disputed weaters




China's Maritime Safety Administration said on January 20 it would be drilling roughly 140 km (87 miles) south of the resort city Sanya on China's Hainan island, and 150 km (93 miles) west of the Paracel Islands that China occupies and Vietnam claims.   It is 210 km (130 miles) from the coast of Vietnam, which places it in roughly the same area as between June and October 2015.

The agency said it would be operating there until March 10 and warned ships to stay 2,000 m (6,562 ft) away.   China considers most of the South China Sea to be under its jurisdiction but Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam have competing claims. About $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes through the waters each year.




[August 25 2015 Haiyang Shiyou 981 oil rig:  110 nautical miles east of the Vietnam coast ]




Maritime Safety Administration said that  Haiyang Shiyou 981 would continue drilling until October 20.   The rig’s intended coordinates put it roughly 110 nautical miles east of the Vietnam coast and 72 nautical miles south of the resort city of Sanya on China’s Hainan Island.



[March 3  its first overseas deepsea exploration well]

The $1-billion, semi-submersible giant drilling rig started drilling on Feb. 7 in a water depth of 1,721 metres, in.   The same drilling rig had previously drilled in waters claimed by both China and Vietnam in the South China Sea. "Haiyang Shiyou" literally means "offshore oil".
The well offshore Myanmar is targeting a depth of 5,000 metres from the surface of the sea.     China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) is chartering the rig and is the operator of the offshore oil block in the Andaman Sea.   Myanmar authorities awarded to CNPC in early 2007 three deepwater blocks AD-1, AD-6 and AD-8, with a total area of 10,000 square kilometres.

[July 18 2014 China's National Petroleum Corp moved the rig back into Chinese territory July 15]





China's National Petroleum Corp moved Haiyang Shiyou 981 oil rig back into Chinese territory July 15.


Kang Lin, of China's National Institute for South China Sea Studies, said a "good amount" of energy reserves with "huge commercial value" were found and he expected Chinese ships would return to the area near the disputed Paracel Islands - which China calls the Xisha Islands and Vietnam calls the Hoang Sa Islands - because signs of oil and gas were found.   Artificial islands that China had been building would be the base for logistics for further operations, Kang said.

The original three-month schedule was planned to allow for any impact from typhoons. But work had carried on without the need for any suspensions over the past two months.

The announcement came a day after Barack Obama had a phone call with President Xi Jinping . Last week, the US Senate passed a resolution calling on claimants in the disputed waters to freeze activities.
But there was no sign the moving of the rig was related to the phone call or the Senate resolution.   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1555221/china-says-oil-rig-finishes-mission-waters-vietnam








[May 18]
Passenger ship "WU ZHI SHAN" leaves for Vietnam from Xiuying port in Haikou
Passenger ship "WU ZHI SHAN" leaves for Vietnam from Xiuying port in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, May 18, 2014.

China began on Sunday to send five ships to evacuate Chinese nationals caught in a deadly anti-China violence in Vietnam, the Ministry of Transport has said. "Wuzhishan" was the first ship leaving for Vietnam.


 Name of the ship WU ZHI SHAN
 Type of ship RO-RO/PASSENGER SHIP
   IMO number 9734458 MMSI 413523180
 Gross tonnage 10940 tons DWT 2073 tons Year of build 2013 Builder KOUAN SHIPBUILDING - TAIZHOU JIANGSU, CHINA
Flag CHINA
Home port HAINAN
Manager & owner STRAIT SHIPPING - HAINAN, CHINA

 China is sending five ships to evacuate Chinese nationals from Vietnam following a wave of anti-Chinese riots. The Chinese government has already evacuated more than 3,000 people, Chinese state-run media report


. [May 9]



During a visit to Hanoi May 8, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel urged both sides to "refrain from unilateral actions,” adding the global economy is "too fragile to brook the possibility of a crisis that could escalate into conflict." "Every country has the right to advocate for its position and for its claims to territorial sovereignty. However, the consistent position of the U.S. is that advocacy must be diplomatic and the means for advancing one's claims must be consistent with international law, including the U.N. convention on the law of the sea," Russel said. He said the onus is on China to define its claims in a manner that’s consistent with the convention. He said the Vietnamese officials with whom he discussed the issue accepted that the U.S. does not take a position on the relative merits of the sovereignty claims. [May 8]






 a notice issued by China's Maritime Safety Administration on May 3, which said the rig would be operating within a one-mile radius of 15-29.58N/111-12.06E for "South China Sea drilling work" from May 2 to August 15 this year.



In Washington, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters: "Given the recent history of tensions in the South China Sea, China's decision to operate its oil rig in disputed waters is provocative and unhelpful to the maintenance of peace and stability in the region."
"These events point to the need for claimants to clarify their claims in accordance with international law, and reach an agreement ... about what types of activities should be permissible within disputed areas,"
The Vietnamese government and state-owned PetroVietnam have objected to drilling operations by China National Offshore Oil Corp. in the South China Sea, saying that a rig owned by the Chinese company is in Vietnamese waters. Vietnam's foreign ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh said Sunday that CNOOC's deepwater rig Haiyang Shiyou 981 had been dispatched into Vietnam's waters. "Any activity conducted by foreign countries in Vietnam?s waters without its permission is illegal and has no value," Binh said in a government statement. Binh's response was to a notice issued by China's Maritime Safety Administration on May 3, which said the rig would be operating within a one-mile radius of 15-29.58N/111-12.06E for "South China Sea drilling work" from May 2 to August 15 this year. Binh said the location identified in the notice was "totally within Vietnam's exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, about 120 miles from its coast." The drilling area overlaps Vietnam's block 143 and is 119 miles off the Vietnamese central coast, PetroVietnam-run Petrotimes daily said in a report Sunday. The acreage is located near Vietnamese blocks 118, 119 and 144. The first two blocks were previously awarded to ExxonMobil and the third to Murphy Oil by PetroVietnam. PetroVietnam said it had sent a letter of protest to CNOOC and requested it to stop its operations and move the rig away from Vietnamese waters, according to the statement by the Vietnam government. What fun for the lawyers

Rough Google translation from Vietnamese of Petro Times 05.08.2014 
(PetroTimes) - In 2 days, 7 and 8/5, while the water is boiling so brazen act of hegemonic China is on some Internet forums, social networking appears the idea that: The drag China Sea rig 981 in Vietnam's actions can be explained. These people cite some knowledge from the International Convention on the beach to say: 1 - In waters 12 nautical miles from the baselines: This is the area we have "sovereignty" and "jurisdiction" while other states have "right through to no harm." That is their Chinese vessels wandering about, we do not have the right to expel, or prevent threats. They did not need to ask permission. Unless we discover they have these problems detrimental to our sovereignty then we execute "sovereign right" to chase them away. 2 - From territorial waters, widened to 188 nautical miles (or 200 nautical miles from the baseline) as its exclusive economic zone, the waters that we have sovereign rights to perform the operation. At the same time, Vietnam has jurisdiction to agree or disagree to exploit other countries. However, China is the freedom to ships, aircraft operating in the area can match the freedom of navigation and aviation. This information is the conclusion: The HD 981 make a journey "through" exclusive economic zone or on the 12 nautical mile territorial sea adjacent to the slopes of Vietnam is also acceptable provided that they are not threats or exploit natural resources in such waters. This idea also justify the huge floating rig 981 can be understood as a means of sea - so it's going to be normal. Rig 981. From this perspective, we can immediately see the false information they need adjustment. First: There is no Chinese drilling rig 981 in the exclusive economic zone of Vietnam a "carefree", happened to pass by without anything ploy. The first is the day 3/5, on the website of the China Customs Department has taken some 14 033 maritime warning about Oceanic 981 rigs (HD 981) "operation in the South China Sea". The warning said, from 2/5 to 15/8, 981 HD rig will coordinate activities at 150 29'N / 1110 12'E. Blocks all types of vehicles are not entering HD 981 active areas within a radius of 1 mile. In accordance with the coordinates on the HD 981 rig in Block 143 infringed on the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of Vietnam, Ly Son island 119 nautical miles (221km) south of the island and Tri Ton of pants Vietnam's Paracel island about 18 nautical miles. This area is entirely located in the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of Vietnam. As such, can not understand that China is the well-drilling "go through" the waters of Vietnam. That the purpose of exploration, exploitation and the ban was made clear. In this case, China has replaced the arrogant show host "sovereignty" and "jurisdiction". This is the first unruly. Notice no sail rig operating near 981 by the China Customs Bureau. Second: The Chinese ship carrying 38, including warships into the exclusive economic zone of Vietnam to protect the rig 981. This is not international waters or territorial sea of ​​China to this country have the right to ship with the aim of aggression on the ships of other countries. In this case, to take the waters with Vietnam to host aggression is even more impossible. This is totally contrary to the rights "movement is not harmful to the host country" in the Convention on the Law of the Sea. Third: It is the recognition means 981 as a mobile water (same ship) is the lack of awareness and actual machinery. In fact, the main General Maritime Corporation China Petroleum (CNOOC) announced drilling rig 981 is - there is no excuse that we must try to infer it is "ship". With all the preparation in terms of tactics, diplomacy, aggression ... China showed that this job really intentional and hegemonic ambitions. That those who have hegemonic ambitions often seek to go beyond the law. Let me explain some more information for you to read that China's actions are wrong about international law and is what Vietnam as well as international opinion is never acknowledged. So, the justification on a number of forums is not necessary and should cease immediately to avoid public confusion.



  A Chinese ship rams a Vietnamese ship in Vietnam’s water  


[April 2013]



China's first locally-built deepsea drilling rig has returned to work in a South China Sea gas field after almost two months of repairs, according to state-owned rig owner CNOOC.
The $1 billion rig Hai Yang Shi You (or Offshore Oil) 981 was being chartered by Canada's Husky Energy, which operates the Liwan project in the western part of South China Sea, a major offshore gas discovery, industry officials said.
"Leaks have been repaired and maintenance works finished. Offshore Oil 981 has returned to works at Liwan 3-1 gas field,"

[May 9 2012]
CNOOC has spudded its debut deep-water well.  Hai Yang Shi You - 981 or Marine Oil 981 has  been recently been moved into place 320 kilometers (or 198 miles) southeast of Hong Kong, at the northern end of the South China Sea and within the country's Exclusive Economic Zone. Operations at the rig are slated to begin 

"For to be strengthened to safeguard the state sovereignty, the maritime law enforcement. Safe operation of the hole must be ensured as well. Following the conventions of maritime safety laws, a water of 500 meters will be marked out around the hole. A trip of foreign vessels, including fishing boats, are prohibited in this water. "


[April 19]China National Offshore Oil Corp, the country's biggest marine oil producer, signed a production-sharing contract on April 18 with Eni China BV for a deepwater block in the South China Sea.
Italy-based Eni will operate the 30/27 block, which has a total area of 5,130 square kilometers and lies 400 kilometers off the coast of Hong Kong.
Eni will conduct three-dimension seismic surveys and drill one exploration well in the block and cover all expenditures during the exploration period.
CNOOC will have up to a 51 percent interest in any commercial discoveries in the block.Since China's near-shore area offers very limited potential for further oil and gas exploration, it's imperative for the company to go to deepwater projects.
CNOOC is testing its first domestic semi-submersible drilling rig, the Haiyang Shiyou 981, which is capable of operating at a maximum water depth of 3,000 meters, as part of its ambitions to achieve deepwater output of 50 million tons of oil equivalent by 2020. more

18.1.16

United States and European Union revoke sanctions on Iranian oil exports



The United States and European Union on January 16 revoked sanctions that had cut Iran's oil exports by about 2 million barrels per day (bpd) since their pre-sanctions 2011 peak to little more than 1 million bpd.

Iran, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), issued an order on January 18 to increase production by 500,000 bpd, the country's deputy oil minister said.

The following activities are allowed: sale, supply, transfer or export of naval equipment and technology for ship building, maintenance or refit, to Iran or to any Iranian persons engaged in this sector; the design, construction or the participation in the design or construction of cargo vessels and oil tankers for Iran or for Iranian persons; the provision of vessels designed or used for the transport or storage of oil and petrochemical products to Iranian persons, entities or bodies; and the provision of flagging and classification services, including those pertaining to technical specification, registration and identification numbers of any kind, to Iranian oil tankers and cargo vessels.
All cargo flights operated by Iranian carriers or originating from Iran have access to the airports under the jurisdiction of EU Member States.
Inspection, seizure and disposal by EU Member States of cargoes to and from Iran in their territories no longer apply with regard to items which are no longer prohibited.
Provision of bunkering or ship supply services, or any other servicing of vessels, to Iranian owned or Iranian-contracted vessels not carrying prohibited items is allowed; and the
provision of fuel, engineering and maintenance services to Iranian cargo aircraft not carrying prohibited items is permitted.


[May 1 2013 IRISL: new Iran sanctions by U.S. Treasury]


Babak Zanjani, chairman of more than 60 companies known as the Sorinet Group of the United Arab Emirates allegedly conspired with First Islamic Investment Bank of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as  accused violators of the Iranian sanctions.
Two Sorinet companies -- Sorinet Commercial Trust Bankers of Dubai and International Safe Oil of Labuan, Malaysia -- were named by the Treasury Department as allegedly being involved in the multibillion-dollar scheme .   Account International Safe Oil was previously reported to be involved in the transfer of Iranian oil at the port of Labuan, Malaysia

Glammarine agreed to let a company called Account International Safe Oil use the Titan Ruchira and Titan Tulshyan to store 4 million barrels of Iranian oil, shipping sources said. Account International is not registered in Malaysia or Hong Kong.   A Middle East industry source familiar with the company said Account International was an affiliate of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). A second source based in East Malaysia said the firm had business links to HK Intertrade, a Hong Kong-based firm sanctioned by the United States in July for operating as a front company for Iran.












Individual: AFZALI, ALI
DOB: July 1, 1967

Entity: PEARL ENERGY COMPANY LTD
Address: Level 13(E) Main Office Tower, Jalan Merdeka, Financial Park Complex, Labuan, 87000, Malaysia

Entity: PEARL ENERGY SERVICES, SA
Address: 15 Avenue de Montchoisi, Lausanne, 1006 VD, Switzerland

Individual: Mohhammad Hossein DAJMAR
AKA: Mohammad Hossein DAJMAR
DOB: February 19, 1956
Iranian Passport: K13644698, expires May 16, 2013

Individual: Gholam Hossein GOLPARVAR
AKA: Gholamhossein GOLPARVAR
DOB: January 23, 1957
Iranian Passport: U14643027, expires November 11, 2013

Individual: Hassan Jalil ZADEH
AKA: Hassan JALILZADEH
DOB: January 26, 1959
Iranian Passport: A1508382, expired February 24, 2010

Individual: Mohammad Hadi PAJAND
DOB: May 28, 1950
Address: 73 Blair Court, Boundary Road, London, NW8 6NT, United Kingdom

Entity: ASHTEAD SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
Address: Manning House, 21 Bucks Road, Douglas IM1 3DA, Isle of Man

Entity: BYFLEET SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
Address: Manning House, 21 Bucks Road, Douglas IM1 3DA, Isle of Man

Entity: COBHAM SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
Address: Manning House, 21 Bucks Road, Douglas IM1 3DA, Isle of Man

Entity: DORKING SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
Address: Manning House, 21 Bucks Road, Douglas IM1 3DA, Isle of Man

Entity: EFFINGHAM SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
Address: Manning House, 21 Bucks Road, Douglas IM1 3DA, Isle of Man

Entity: FARNHAM SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
Address: Manning House, 21 Bucks Road, Douglas IM1 3DA, Isle of Man

Entity: GOMSHALL SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
Address: Manning House, 21 Bucks Road, Douglas IM1 3DA, Isle of Man

Entity: HORSHAM SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
Address: Manning House, 21 Bucks Road, Douglas IM1 3DA, Isle of Man




Mohhammad Hossein Dajmar, designated today, is Chairman and Managing Director of IRISL and three previously-designated front companies – Safiran Payam Darya Shipping Company (SAPID), Hafiz Darya Shipping Company (HDS), and Soroush Sarzamin Asatir Ship Management Company (SSA). Also designated today are Gholamhossein Golparvar, Managing Director of SAPID and a director of SSA and HDS, as well as Hassan Jalil Zadeh, Managing Director of HDS. Finally, Mohammad Hadi Pajand, Company Secretary of Irinvestship Ltd., and a company director of Lancelin Shipping Company Ltd. – two previously-designated IRISL affiliates – was also designated by Treasury today.


11/30/10
The following [NPWMD] entries have been
added to OFAC's SDN list:
ASHTEAD SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED,
Manning House, 21 Bucks Road, Douglas IM1
3DA, Man, Isle of; c/o Islamic Republic of Iran
Shipping Lines (IRISL), No. 37, Aseman Tower,
Sayyade Shirazee Square, Pasdaran Avenue,
PO Box 19395-1311, Tehran, Iran; Business
Registration Document # 108116C (Man, Isle of);
Email Address smd@irisl.net; Website
www.irisl.net; Telephone: 982120100488; Fax:
982120100486 [NPWMD]
BYFLEET SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED,
Manning House, 21 Bucks Road, Douglas IM1
3DA, Man, Isle of; c/o Islamic Republic of Iran
Shipping Lines (IRISL), No. 37, Aseman Tower,
Sayyade Shirazee Square, Pasdaran Avenue,
PO Box 19395-1311, Tehran, Iran; Business
Registration Document # 118117C (Man, Isle of);
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL CHANGES TO SDNLIST IN 2010
- 88 -
Email Address smd@irisl.net; Website
www.irisl.net; Telephone: 982120100488; Fax:
982120100486 [NPWMD]
COBHAM SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED,
Manning House, 21 Bucks Road, Douglas IM1
3DA, Man, Isle of; c/o Islamic Republic of Iran
Shipping Lines (IRISL), No. 37, Aseman Tower,
Sayyade Shirazee Square, Pasdaran Avenue,
PO Box 19395-1311, Tehran, Iran; Business
Registration Document # 108118C (Man, Isle of);
Email Address smd@irisl.net; Website
www.irisl.net; Telephone: 982120100488; Fax:
982120100486 [NPWMD]
DORKING SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED,
Manning House, 21 Bucks Road, Douglas IM1
3DA, Man, Isle of; c/o Islamic Republic of Iran
Shipping Lines (IRISL), No. 37, Aseman Tower,
Sayyade Shirazee Square, Pasdaran Avenue,
PO Box 19395-1311, Tehran, Iran; Business
Registration Document # 108119C (Man, Isle of);
Email Address smd@irisl.net; Website
www.irisl.net; Telephone: 982120100488; Fax:
982120100486 [NPWMD]
EFFINGHAM SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED,
Manning House, 21 Bucks Road, Douglas IM1
3DA, Man, Isle of; c/o Islamic Republic of Iran
Shipping Lines (IRISL), No. 37, Aseman Tower,
Sayyade Shirazee Square, Pasdaran Avenue,
PO Box 19395-1311, Tehran, Iran; Business
Registration Document # 108120C (Man, Isle of);
Email Address smd@irisl.net; Website
www.irisl.net; Telephone: 982120100488; Fax:
982120100486 [NPWMD]
FARNHAM SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED,
Manning House, 21 Bucks Road, Douglas IM1
3DA, Man, Isle of; c/o Islamic Republic of Iran
Shipping Lines (IRISL), No. 37, Aseman Tower ,
Sayyade Shirazee Square, Pasdaran Avenue,
PO Box 19395-1311, Tehran, Iran; Business
Registration Document # 108146C (Man, Isle of);
Email Address smd@irisl.net; Website
www.irisl.net; Telephone: 982120100488; Fax:
982120100486 [NPWMD]
GOMSHALL SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED, c/o
Soroush Sarzamin Asatir (SSA) Ship
Management Co, Shabnam Alley, Golriz St, Vafa
Alley, Fajr St, Shahid Motahari Avenue,
1589675951, Tehran, Iran; Manning House, 21
Bucks Road, Douglas IM1 3DA, Man, Isle of;
Business Registration Document # 111998C
(Man, Isle of); Email Address info@ssa-smc.net;
Website www.ssa-smc.net; Telephone:
982126100191; Fax: 982126100192 [NPWMD]
HORSHAM SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED, c/o
Soroush Sarzamin Asatir (SSA) Ship
Management Co, Shabnam Alley, Golriz St, Vafa
Alley, Fajr St, Shahid Motahari Avenue,
1589675951, Tehran, Iran; Manning House, 21
Bucks Road, Douglas IM1 3DA, Man, Isle of;
Business Registration Document # 111999C
(Man, Isle of); Email Address info@ssa-smc.net;
Website www.ssa-smc.net; Telephone:
982126100191; Fax: 982126100192 [NPWMD]
• 11/30/10
The following [NPWMD] entries have been
added to OFAC's SDN list:
AFZALI, Ali, c/o Bank Mellat, Tehran, Iran; DOB 1
Jul 1967; nationality Iran (individual) [NPWMD]
PEARL ENERGY COMPANY LTD., Level 13(E)
Main Office Tower, Jalan Merdeka, Financial
Park Complex, Labuan 87000, Malaysia;
Telephone:6087541688; Fax: 6087453688
[NPWMD]
PEARL ENERGY SERVICES, SA, 15 Avenue de
Montchoisi, Lausanne, 1006 VD, Switzerland;
Business Registration Document # CH-
550.1.058.055-9; Telephone: 0216140614
[NPWMD]
• 11/30/10
The following [NPWMD] entries have been
added to OFAC's SDN list:
DAJMAR, Mohammad Hossein (a.k.a. DAJMAR,
Mohhammad Hossein); DOB 19 Feb 1956;
nationality Iran; Passport K13644698 (Iran)
expires 16 May 2013 (individual) [NPWMD]
DAJMAR, Mohhammad Hossein (a.k.a. DAJMAR,
Mohammad Hossein); DOB 19 Feb 1956;
nationality Iran; Passport K13644698 (Iran)
expires 16 May 2013 (individual) [NPWMD]
GOLPARVAR, Gholam Hossein (a.k.a.
GOLPARVAR, Gholamhossein); DOB 23 Jan
1957; nationality Iran; Passport U14643027
(Iran) expires 11 Nov 2013 (individual)
[NPWMD]
GOLPARVAR, Gholamhossein (a.k.a.
GOLPARVAR, Gholam Hossein); DOB 23 Jan
1957; nationality Iran; Passport U14643027
(Iran) expires 11 Nov 2013 (individual)
[NPWMD]
JALILZADEH, Hassan (a.k.a. ZADEH, Hassan
Jalil); DOB 26 Jan 1959; nationality Iran;
Passport A1508382 (Iran) expires 24 Feb 2010
(individual) [NPWMD]
PAJAND, Mohammad Hadi, 73 Blair Court,
Boundary Road, London NW8 6NT, United
Kingdom; DOB 28 May 1950; nationality Iran
(individual) [NPWMD]
ZADEH, Hassan Jalil (a.k.a. JALILZADEH,
Hassan); DOB 26 Jan 1959; nationality Iran;
Passport A1508382 (Iran) expires 24 Feb 2010
(individual) [NPWMD]