The Department of Energy has granted the request of Forum Energy Plc to extend by one year the drilling of two wells in SC 72 located in the disputed Reed Bank in the South China Sea.

London-listed Forum Energy Plc., which is majority-owned by the Manuel Pangilinan-led Philex Mining Corp., holds a 70 percent stake in Service Contract 72, which covers the Reed Bank.

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