A chef makes meals for crew members on deep-water drilling rig CNOOC 981 in the South China Sea, South China, May 9, 2012. The sixth-generation semi-submersible CNOOC 981, owned by China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), began drilling on Wednesday in a sea area 320 km southeast of Hong Kong at a water depth of 1,500 meters. The platform is 114 meters long, 90 meters wide and 137.8 meters high, and weighs 31,000 tons.[Photo/Xinhua]

Crew members have a meal in the cafeteria on deep-water drilling rig CNOOC 981 in the South China Sea, South China, May 9, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]