This article was published in Executive Magazine.
Lebanon is finally stepping into the exploration phase. The Council of Ministers approved the awarding of exploration and productions licenses on December 14 to a consortium made up of France’s Total, Italy’s …
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Dans l’affaire Hariri, le Président français Emmanuel Macron a su réagir dans l’urgence, imposant à l’Arabie Saoudite et à l’Iran de faire, ensemble, un pas en arrière, et d’épargner au Liban, pour le moment, un nouveau cycle de tensions et …
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En Arabie Saoudite, la prise de pouvoir par le clan Salman et par le Prince héritier Mohammad Ben Salman Ben Abdulaziz a été progressive. La purge menée actuellement par MBS, et légitimée en interne par une indispensable campagne contre …
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L’assassinat de l’ancien Premier ministre Rafic Hariri en 2005 marquait la fin d’une ère, celle de l’occupation syrienne du Liban. En échange de cette occupation, l’Arabie saoudite arrachait à la Syrie l’Accord de Taëf. Cet accord, qui profite au camp …
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The Lebanese Petroleum Administration received two bids in Lebanon’s oil & gas licensing round, Energy Minister Cesar Abi Khalil announced in a press release on October 13. Both bids were presented by the same consortium made up of Total, Eni …
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Publié dans le numéro 11 de la LettreM, 10 octobre 2017.
Total élargit ses investissements au Liban, où la compagnie française possède un des réseaux de distribution les mieux implantés territorialement, et compte participer à l’exploitation du gaz offshore …
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This article was written for the October 2017 edition of Executive Magazine.
As Lebanon prepares to open bids submitted in its first offshore licensing round, all sides – government, citizens and companies – aspire to a good deal, giving …
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The deadline to place bids in Lebanon’s first licensing round was extended from September 15 until October 12, 2017, Minister of Energy and Water Cesar Abi Khalil announced in a statement on September 7.
The authorities insist this is a …
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Publié dans le numéro 8 de la LettreM, 29 août 2017.
Deux visites essentielles pour redynamiser les relations franco-libanaises, après un passage à vide : celle du Premier ministre Saad Hariri à l’Elysée le 31/08 et celle du Président …
This article was written for the August 2017 edition of Executive Magazine.
On June 22, Israel’s Energy Ministry announced that the deadline to place bids in the country’s first offshore licensing round would be pushed back until November 2017. …
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Fransabank released a report entitled “Is Lebanon really an oil and gas producing country?” on July 31.
The report, produced by the bank’s Center for Economic Studies, is filled with inaccuracies and is painfully out of date.
“The MEW is …
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The rumor about Lebanese officials supposedly asking Italian company, Eni, for bribes in return for an exploration license is still making the rounds. It fades and resurfaces at random.
The news was first reported in 2015 in a local newspaper …
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