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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
June 21, 2012</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-underline-style: none">FAR
EAST ENERGY CORPORATION</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-align: center">Nevada</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 35%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">0-32455</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">88-0459590</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none; text-align: center">(Commission <BR> File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none; text-align: center">(IRS Employer <BR> Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 67%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-align: center">363 N. Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 380, Houston, Texas</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">77060</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none; text-align: center">&nbsp;(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none; text-align: center">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including
area code: <B>(832) 598-0470</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Not Applicable</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Check the appropriate box below if the
Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 13.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt">[ ]&#9;Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 13.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 13.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt">[ ]&#9;Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 13.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 13.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt">[ ]&#9;Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 13.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 13.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt">[ ]&#9;Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 13.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item 1.01.&#9;Entry into a Material
Definitive Agreement.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">On
June 15, 2012, Far East Energy (Bermuda), Ltd. (&ldquo;FEEB&rdquo;), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Far East Energy Corporation,
was notified that the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China approved its modification agreement (the &ldquo;Modification
Agreement&rdquo;) to the Production Sharing Contract (the &ldquo;Yunnan PSC&rdquo;) for Exploitation of Coalbed Methane Resources
for the Enhong and Laochang Area in Yunnan Province, the People&rsquo;s Republic of China, dated January 25, 2002, between China
United Coalbed Methane Corporation Ltd. and FEEB. Under the terms of the Modification Agreement, FEEB will</FONT> relinquish the
Enhong Block while retaining the 483 square kilometer Laochang Block (approximately 119,340 acres)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">.
The Modification Agreement extends the exploration period of the Yunnan PSC to December 31, 2013. </FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The above discussion
of the Modification Agreement is a summary description of certain terms and conditions of such agreement and is qualified in its
entirety by the full text of the Modification Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item 9.01.&#9;Financial Statements and
Exhibits. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(d) Exhibits</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in">Exhibit</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">10.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Modification Agreement for Production Sharing Contract for Exploitation of Coalbed Methane Resources
in Enhong and Laochang Area, Yunnan Province, The People&rsquo;s Republic of China, dated December 31, 2011.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: center; text-indent: -1in"><B><U>SIGNATURES</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Dated: June 21, 2012</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 0; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 0">Far East Energy Corporation</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 0; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; padding-right: 0; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 45%; padding-right: 0; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Michael R. McElwrath</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none"> Michael R. McElwrath</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none">Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 0; text-autospace: none; font-style: italic">President &amp; Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-align: center"><B><U>Index to Exhibits</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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in Enhong and Laochang Area, Yunnan Province, The People&rsquo;s Republic of China, dated December 31, 2011.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
June 21, 2012
FAR
EAST ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Nevada
0-32455
88-0459590
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
363 N. Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 380, Houston, Texas
77060
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including
area code:
(832) 598-0470
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the
Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
[ ]	Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[ ]	Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[ ]	Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[ ]	Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01.	Entry into a Material
Definitive Agreement.
On
June 15, 2012, Far East Energy (Bermuda), Ltd. ("FEEB"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Far East Energy Corporation,
was notified that the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China approved its modification agreement (the "Modification
Agreement") to the Production Sharing Contract (the "Yunnan PSC") for Exploitation of Coalbed Methane Resources
for the Enhong and Laochang Area in Yunnan Province, the People's Republic of China, dated January 25, 2002, between China
United Coalbed Methane Corporation Ltd. and FEEB. Under the terms of the Modification Agreement, FEEB will
relinquish the
Enhong Block while retaining the 483 square kilometer Laochang Block (approximately 119,340 acres)
.
The Modification Agreement extends the exploration period of the Yunnan PSC to December 31, 2013.
The above discussion
of the Modification Agreement is a summary description of certain terms and conditions of such agreement and is qualified in its
entirety by the full text of the Modification Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01.	Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
10.1
Modification Agreement for Production Sharing Contract for Exploitation of Coalbed Methane Resources
in Enhong and Laochang Area, Yunnan Province, The People's Republic of China, dated December 31, 2011.
2
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: June 21, 2012
Far East Energy Corporation
By:
/s/ Michael R. McElwrath
Name:
Michael R. McElwrath
Title:
President & Chief Executive Officer
3
Index to Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
10.1
Modification Agreement for Production Sharing Contract for Exploitation of Coalbed Methane Resources
in Enhong and Laochang Area, Yunnan Province, The People's Republic of China, dated December 31, 2011.
4