UN approves PH territorial claim to Benham Rise

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BENHAM RISE is a 13-million-hectare undersea region that lies east of Luzon and off the provinces of Isabela and Aurora.
Also known as Benham Plateau, it is a massive formation of basalt, a common volcanic rock, and is described in a study as a thickened portion of the Philippine sea plate’s oceanic crust.
The formation lies within the continental shelf of the Philippines as defined by the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos), under which a coastal state’s exclusive economic zone extends 370 kilometers (200 nautical miles) from its continental shelf, while its extended continental shelf extends for another 278 km (150 nautical miles).
Benham Rise is not subject to any maritime boundary disputes and claims.
Studies conducted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) have indicated large deposits of methane in solid form in the area.
In August last year, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje announced that the Philippines will gain additional territory should the United Nations approve the country’s claim to Benham, which the country submitted to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in New York on April 8, 2009.
According to Paje, an American geologist, Andrew Benham, discovered the area, which was between 40 meters and 2,000 meters below the waterline, in 1933. Paje said gas deposits in the area would enable the country to achieve energy sufficiency.


http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/183779/un-approves-ph-territorial-claim-to-benham-rise

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[technowar]

Basig angkunon na pod nis China.

[drew_ortega2k11]

ahaha mao jud bro,,aw ipahatag nalang nas china total dili man gihapon makinabang ang mga pinoy ana kay kurakoton langs mga dagkog tiyan nga mga politiko..

[rics zalved]

maabot ang mga barko diha sa China kay ila na ilugon, grabe na jud ning China kung ilaha na sad ni iclaim...

[kit_cebu]

wa gihapo'y pang-oil exploration ang pinas kay puros kawatan....

drill bit ray mapada ani ni noynoy....

[wak_wak]

wa gihapo'y pang-oil exploration ang pinas kay puros kawatan....

drill bit ray mapada ani ni noynoy....

unsa diay ginagamit nato pang explore sa palawan dapit na mga oil and gas fields? pala ug piko?

[ironmack08]

Kita naman ko news bout this.... and i think a senator already suggested that instead of planning of oil extraction in Spratly which is still under dispute....why not try survey this place.....maybe its oil inside is much higher than in spratly......

[reptoid]

You guys better make your deals fast before China "drinks your milkshake".

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[kit_cebu]

unsa diay ginagamit nato pang explore sa palawan dapit na mga oil and gas fields? pala ug piko?

apparently, you didn't get the underlying statement and............HUMOR.......