So whoever controlled Halaib would also control these potential oil reserves.

所以谁掌管了哈拉伊卜，谁就掌管了这些潜在的石油储备。

The company extracting the oil estimates that Kenya has potential reserves of more than half a billion barrels.

开采石油的公司估计，肯尼亚的潜在原油储量超过5亿桶。

Potential reserves of fish, oil and gas make each one strategic, and the whole region has become a political hot spot as territorial disputes simmer between its many neighbouring countries.

潜在的的鱼类、石油与天然气储备使得每个岛屿都具战略性地位，整个区域已成为政治热点，领土争端将在它周围的国家里爆发。