The Treaty also established a buffer zone extending 1.4 nautical miles on either side of the boundary in the Western Gap, within which neither party may engage in drilling or exploitation of the continental shelf for a period of 10 years.
协议还把西部缺口边界两侧向外延伸1.4海里的区域划为“缓冲区”，任何一方在十年内不得在大陆架上钻探或开发。