(September 5, 2017, 1:17 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An ad hoc Committee for the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Aug. 31 lifted a provisional stay of a $379,802,267 award issued in favor of a group of resource companies, rejecting a request by the Republic of Ecuador to continue the stay pending the outcome of annulment proceedings (Burlington Resources Inc., et al. v. Republic of Ecuador, No. ARB/08/5, ICSID)....