Update: In 2017, Lebanon opened the door for more companies to pre-qualify for the first licensing round. The full list is available here.
Caretaker Energy Minister Gebran Bassil held a press conference today, 18/04, to announce the list of companies that made it through the pre-qualification round and are eligible to participate in Lebanon’s first licensing round for offshore oil and gas exploration.
52 companies from 25 countries have submitted applications. Among these, 14 sought to qualify as operators and 38 as non-operators.
Below is a list of the 52 companies, indicating those that qualified and those that did not:
|
Company |
Applied to pre-qualify as |
Status |
|
|
Australia |
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| 1 |
SANTOS |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
|
Austria |
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| 2 |
OMV |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
|
Brazil |
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| 3 |
Petrobras |
Operator |
Qualified |
|
Canada |
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| 4 |
Suncor |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
|
China |
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| 5 |
CNOOCIG |
Not stated |
Not qualified |
|
Croatia |
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| 6 |
INA |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
|
Denmark |
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| 7 |
Maersk |
Operator |
Qualified |
|
France |
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| 8 |
GDF Suez |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 9 |
Total |
Operator |
Qualified |
|
Hungary |
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| 10 |
MOL Group E&P |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
|
India |
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| 11 |
ONGC |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 12 |
Cairn India |
Operator |
Qualified as Non-operator |
|
Iran |
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| 13 |
National Iranian Drilling Corporation |
Non-operator |
Not qualified |
|
Ireland |
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| 14 |
Petroceltic |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 15 |
Circle Oil PLC |
Non-operator |
Not qualified |
|
Italy |
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| 16 |
Edison |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 17 |
ENI International |
Operator |
Qualified |
|
Japan |
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| 18 |
JAPEX |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 19 |
JX Nippon |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 20 |
Mitsui |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 21 |
INPEX |
Operator |
Qualified |
|
Korea |
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| 22 |
KNOC |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 23 |
KOGAS |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
|
Kuwait |
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| 24 |
KUFPEC |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
|
Lebanon |
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| 25 |
CC Energy |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
|
Malaysia |
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| 26 |
Petronas |
Operator |
Qualified |
|
Netherlands |
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| 27 |
Shell E&P |
Operator |
Qualified |
|
Norway |
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| 28 |
Statoil |
Operator |
Qualified |
|
Russia |
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| 29 |
Lukoil |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 30 |
Novatec / GPB Global Resources |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 31 |
Rosneft |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
|
Spain |
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| 32 |
Repsol |
Operator |
Qualified |
|
Thailand |
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| 33 |
PTT |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
|
Turkey |
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| 34 |
TPAO |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
|
UAE |
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| 35 |
Crescent (UAE) / Apex Gas (Lebanon) |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 36 |
Crescent Petroleum |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 37 |
Dana Gas |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 38 |
Dragon Oil |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 39 |
MOISS |
Operator |
Not qualified |
| 40 |
Mubadala |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
|
UK |
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| 41 |
Cairn Energy |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 42 |
Dana Petroleum |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 43 |
Genel Energy |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 44 |
Heritage Oil |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 45 |
Ophir |
Non-operator |
Not qualified |
| 46 |
SOCO |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
|
USA |
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| 47 |
Anadarko |
Operator |
Qualified |
| 48 |
Chevron |
Operator |
Qualified |
| 49 |
ExxonMobil |
Operator |
Qualified |
| 50 |
Geopark / Petroleb |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
| 51 |
Levantine Exploration |
Non-operator |
Not qualified |
| 52 |
Marathon |
Non-operator |
Qualified |
Middle East Strategic Perspectives will provide further details and analysis in its upcoming weekly report on Lebanon’s emerging oil and gas sector.
Update: The weekly report is now available and can be accessed here.
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