Benham Rise Exploration

UP’s Jay Batongbacal: Duterte Has No Agreement With China Over Benham Rise Exploration

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Benham Rise Exploration

Duterte Has No “Blanket” Agreement With China Over Benham Rise Exploration, UP Professor Says President Rodrigo Duterte has no ‘blanket’ agreement with China over Benham Rise exploration, according to Jay Batongbacal of UP. Jay Batongbacal, a law professor at the University of the Philippines and director of the UP Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law … Read more

Filipino Scientists Starts Exploring Potentially Oil-Rich Benham Rise

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A team of Filipino scientists and researchers starts exploring the potentially oil-rich Benham Rise also known as Benham Plateau, a largely unexplored territory located in the Eastern portion of Luzon, the Philippine territory is believed to be larger than Luzon. Benham Rise is named after American Admiral and geologist Andrew Benham, the plateau was first … Read more