Months after deadly clashes that cost dozens of lives along their shared border, the foreign ministers of Cambodia and Thailand laid out opening arguments on Tuesday over a different kind of territory: 27,000 sq km (10,400 square miles) of seabed thought to hold a fortune in gas and oil.The venue was the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s Singapore office, where the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea’s conciliation commission is being asked to settle who controls a stretch of the Thailand" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="19574" data-entity-type="location">Gulf of Thailand with hydrocarbon reserves worth an estimated US$300 billion.
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Cambodia, Thailand take US$300 billion seabed dispute to UN
Cambodia and Thailand have presented their opening arguments to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea's conciliation commission in Singapore. The dispute concerns control over a 27,000 sq km area of seabed in the Gulf of Thailand.
Aidan JonesSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-09-15 · 07:56 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Cambodia and Thailand have presented their opening arguments to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea's conciliation commission in Singapore. The dispute concerns control over a 27,000 sq km area of seabed in the Gulf of Thailand. This region is believed to contain significant hydrocarbon reserves, estimated to be worth US$300 billion. The foreign ministers of both nations participated in the proceedings, which come months after deadly border clashes. The commission is tasked with settling the territorial claims over this valuable maritime territory.
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The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea's conciliation commission is asked to settle the dispute.
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The Permanent Court of Arbitration's Singapore office is hosting the conciliation commission.
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The seabed reserves are estimated to be worth US$300 billion in gas and oil.
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The dispute concerns 27,000 sq km of seabed in the Gulf of Thailand.
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Cambodia and Thailand are taking a seabed dispute to the UN.
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