UK-BASED gas and oil company Forum Energy Plc. temporarily put on hold the second sub-phase of Service Contract 72 (SC72) located at the disputed Recto Bank in West Philippine Sea.

The move came after the Department of Energy (DOE) granted a force majeure on the project because it falls within the territorial disputed area of the West Philippine Sea.

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