This article was written for the February 2017 edition of Executive Magazine.
On January 4 2017, the Lebanese government approved what many observers have been waiting for since March 2013: two oil and gas decrees, without which the country’s …
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Lebanon’s Energy Minister Cesar Abi Khalil announced on January 26 the timetable for Lebanon’s first offshore licensing round.
As anticipated, a second pre-qualification round will be organized. The same legal, financial, technical and QHSE criteria, detailed in decree 9882/2013, …
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عاد الزخم الى ملف استثمار النفط والغاز بعد عرقلته وتجميده لأربع سنوات بسبب المناكفات السياسية فقط لا غير وان تذرع البعض بعوامل اقليمية ودولية لم يتسنى للبنان ان يختبر جديتها وحقيقتها اصلا. على اي حال، اعيد اطلاق الملف بعد التفاهمات …
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Lebanon’s first licensing round for offshore hydrocarbon exploration is back on track. In its first session since it gained confidence, the government signaled its determination to move forward by approving on January 4 two decrees that are essential for pursuing …
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Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced the formation of a 30-member national accord government on December 18. This is a short-lived government whose main task is to adopt a new electoral law and organize parliamentary elections in Spring 2017 (with a …
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Middle East Strategic Perspectives was solicited to conduct a second monitoring of the Lebanese media coverage of the oil and gas sector, as part of the project “Supporting Channels for Civic Engagement in the Management of the Lebanese Oil and …
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The election of Michel Aoun as President on October 31 puts an end to a 29-month-long presidential vacuum, and signals a possible end to the political deadlock that has paralyzed the country since the start of the Syrian crisis in …
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For outside observers, Greece has increased stakes in the Levant. Security, illegal immigration, terrorism, and conflicts, in addition to hydrocarbon resources, are all factors that raise the stakes for Athens in the region. For its part, Athens is also showing …
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The oil and gas deal between Speaker Nabih Berri and Foreign Affairs Minister Gebran Bassil in July was initially met with enthusiasm, which gradually subsided as it failed to push for the adoption of the missing decrees. Expectations were misplaced. …
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Israel is planning to resume offshore exploration. After a four-year hiatus, new licenses are expected to be awarded in 2017, this time through a competitive bidding round, which will open in November 2016 and close in March 2017. After a …
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December 2014 – June 2015 – December 2015 – June 2016. Every six months, with Swiss-like precision, Speaker Nabih Berri makes another attempt to reactivate the oil and gas file.
Berri invokes the threat posed by Israel to Lebanese sovereignty …
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Special Envoy and Coordinator for international Energy Affairs at the U.S. State Department Amos Hochstein visited Lebanon on May 26, 2016, less than a year after his last visit to Beirut, in July 2015.
The U.S. Special Envoy held …
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