Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to evacuate 981 rig: nothing to do with external factors |981 rigs | Chinese sovereignty _ news

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei, answered questions

　　Q: "Hai Yang Shi you 981" rigs was scheduled for mid-August to complete the job, but the Chinese company today announced that it has completed the job and leave. Early withdrawal due to non-engineering technical reasons?

Answer: I have this morning confirmed that on July 15, "Hai Yang Shi you 981" drilling platform has successfully completed build drilling in the waters near the island in the Paracels, and transferred to Hainan's Lingshui project as planned to continue operations.

Needs to be emphasized is that the above-mentioned operation is entirely within the scope of Chinese sovereignty thing. 981 platform transitions is maritime operations plans of the enterprises concerned, has nothing to do with any external factors. The next step, the company will carefully analyze and assess this assignment on the basis of the geological data obtained to develop next phase of a concrete work programme.

(Edit: SN117)16:25 on July 16, 2014 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs website