Since 2010, policymakers in Israel have had to repeatedly intervene in the energy sector to deal with challenges — not just opportunities — presented by the discovery of large gas fields.
In December 2014, Israel’s antitrust commissioner David Gilo revoked …
While the political deadlock continues to present the greatest obstacle to Lebanon’s oil and gas sector, with no tangible progress on the missing legislation required to proceed with the first licensing round, Lebanese officials, and the private sector, seem unaffected …
Lebanon: Political deadlock blocking offshore tender but not business prospecting Read More »
Energy deals featured high on the conference agenda, with an obvious preference for upstream activity and power generation. Reducing the debt it owns foreign companies and cutting down subsidies by about a third (with a view to phasing them out …
Egypt: Billions pledged for the energy sector at the Economic Development Conference Read More »
Economic diplomacy is a largely neglected concept in Lebanon, although the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gebran Bassil, has made it one of his focus themes since his appointment in February 2014, with regular emphasis on promoting investments in the emerging …
Economic diplomacy at the service of the energy sector: The cases of Lebanon and Cyprus Read More »
La France poursuit son retour en force sur la scène levantine et libanaise : elle multiplie, appuyée par Washington, les initiatives diplomatiques et politiques en vue de contribuer au dénouement de la crise constitutionnelle que vit actuellement le Liban, et …
Total is reportedly reconsidering its exploration plans in Cyprus. The French company, had commissioned CGG to carry out seismic surveys in blocks 10 and 11 in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone, but the results failed to “identify tangible structures or targets …
Cyprus: Total reconsidering its involvement in hydrocarbon exploration? Read More »
This article was published in the December 2014 edition of Executive Magazine.
The Eastern Mediterranean is a complex environment for gas producers and countries aspiring to become gas exporters in the next few years. Not only do they have …
Eastern Mediterranean: addressing gas export challenges Read More »
Speaker Nabih Berri’s campaign to push the oil and gas file back into the spotlight is gaining momentum and is drawing cautious optimism among industry observers. Berri threw a bomb on December 08 when he told the Lebanese media that …
Lebanon’s oil & gas sector: 2015 promises renewed dynamism Read More »
It is easy to notice the hype over oil and gas that has engulfed Lebanon in the past couple of years. The oil and gas industry is prone to conspiracy theories, and in Lebanon, this is inevitable. We take this …
Lebanon’s oil & gas: a reality check Read More »
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The Lebanon Petroleum Day (LPD) 2014 organized on October 22 by the Lebanese Petroleum Administration (LPA) presented an opportunity to evaluate the progress made by Lebanese media in their coverage of the nascent oil and gas sector. The event …
Lebanon Petroleum Day: Evaluating the Media Coverage Read More »
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The dominant impression left by the Lebanon Petroleum Day conference (Oct. 22) was one of helplessness. Despite Lebanon’s interesting hydrocarbon potential, and the huge work that is being done by the Petroleum Administration, it is hard to keep the …
Lebanon’s nascent oil & gas sector: Struggling to keep the momentum Read More »
For Total, the keyword today is: continuity. The Group wants to stress that the plane crash near Moscow, which claimed the life of its chief executive Christophe de Margerie is an individual accident, and that the rest of its leadership …