The newly-formed Petroleum Administration held its first meeting on Friday 09/11, headed by Energy Minister Gebran Bassil. Bassil said the major challenge ahead is to be ready by the end of 2012 for the launching of the first licensing round. …
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The government announced on 07/11 the list of the Petroleum Administration’s board members. Energy Minister Gebran Bassil also declared at the end of the cabinet meeting that the government is committed to launching the first licensing round for hydrocarbon …
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The cabinet approved on 07/11 the nomination of the board members of the Petroleum Administration. The regulatory body is entrusted with the administration of the petroleum sector. It is responsible of managing and supervising hydrocarbon exploration and production activities in …
For the past two days, Lebanese media—print, audiovisual, and news websites—has been reporting extensively on the vast potential for oil and gas reserves in Lebanon.
Lebanese daily Assafir reported on 03/11 that Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri stated that Lebanon, particularly …
After the completion of the second licensing round in Cyprus, the Turkish foreign ministry issued a warning to companies involved in oil and gas exploration in Cyprus. “those companies cooperating with Greek Cypriot Administration will not be allowed to
Four licenses have been announced yesterday (31/10) by the Cypriot government as part of the second licensing round for offshore gas exploration in blocks 2, 3, 9 and 11. Blocks 2 and 3 went to the Italian ENI and the …
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A statement released by Lebanese Energy minister Gebran Bassil’s office, published last evening (28/10) on his official twitter account and in today’s (29/10) edition of Annahar [both links in Arabic], referred, once again, to an equation the Minister has frequently …
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According to diplomatic sources quoted by the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar on 24/10, former Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs at the State Department Frederic Hoff, who had recently retired, was asked by the State Department to resume his mediation efforts to …
Curieusement, au moment où les relations sont au plus bas entre Paris et Damas et que le régime syrien accuse la France de “soutien au terrorisme”, au Liban, on n’a pas trouvé mieux dans le camp du 8 Mars et …
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Une conjonction de facteurs laisse supposer un déblocage en vue du projet de réhabilitation de la raffinerie de pétrole de Tripoli. Le quotidien al-Joumhouriya (19/10) place la relance de ce projet économique au profit de la capitale sunnite du nord-Liban, …
Dans un communiqué daté du 15/10 [lien en arabe], l’Armée libanaise annonce la participation d’unités navales et aériennes libanaises à un exercice militaire multilatéral à Chypre (ARGONAUT 2012), aux côtés d’unités des forces armées chypriotes, britanniques, françaises, allemandes et grecques. …
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Le Premier ministre libanais Najib Mikati, homme d’affaires dont le florissant groupe M1 s’intéresse au gaz (M1 Energy) parmi ses nombreuses activités, s’intéresse, comme homme d’Etat surtout, aux richesses gazières offshore de son pays. Il dirige un gouvernement …
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