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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paracel Islands: Disputed by China,Vietnam, Taiwan. Occupied by China CHINA SOUTH CHINA SEA VIETNAM Spratly Is. TAIWAN Chinese claim line 400km 250 miles ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARACEL ISLANDS Woody Island North Reef Amphitrite Group Lincoln Reef Bombay Reef Vuladdore Reef Triton Island Discovery Reef Crescent Group 30km 20 miles ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Existing facilities New construction (location of fuel station unknown) Rocky Island Runway 3,000m long, can handle J-11 fighter aircraft Aircraft hangars Probable new hangars and runway apron New airport building Area of recent landfill and runway extension Sansha authority headquarters Civilian harbour Weather station Military harbour Surface-to-air missile battery Gun emplacement Firing range Radar facility Sansha city (population 1,000) WOODY (YONGXING) ISLAND 0.5 km 0.3 miles ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Wire agencies