By Karyna Rodrigues, Lauren Found and Neil Hodgson, Searcher
In the East Palawan area, modern seismic data has revealed extensional horst-graben systems with more than 10 km of sedimentary fill in the Mialara Sub-Basin. Pre-rift, syn-rift and post-rift petroleum systems are found with large, carbonate and clastic plays in simple structures and traps that mark this basin out as the truly outstanding next frontier for oil exploration in the Philippines