The East Med Energy Report is published by Middle East Strategic Perspectives in collaboration with Obeid & Medawar Law Firm.
Egypt to host COP27, UAE COP28
Egypt was selected to host the next UN Climate Change Conference …
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The East Med Energy Report is published by Middle East Strategic Perspectives in collaboration with Obeid & Medawar Law Firm.
Exxon to resume drilling in Cyprus amid rising tensions
ExxonMobil is scheduled to drill an appraisal well …
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نشر هذا المقال في ملحق خاص لجريدة النهار “بلد عن ضائع“.
كثرت في الآونة الأخيرة التحاليل التي تحاول تفسير التطورات في منطقة الحوض الشرقي للبحر المتوسط من زاوية الموارد الغازية باعتبارها المحرك الأساسي وراء تسارع الأحداث والهدف الرئيسي …
لقراءة واقعية ومجردة للثروة الغازية في منطقة شرقي المتوسط وأهميتها الاستراتيجية Read More »
Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced his cabinet lineup on September 10 after a 13-month deadlock.
The cabinet is the result of a delicate balance of power between the major political forces. It is confronted with a herculean task: addressing the …
Walid Fayad appointed Energy Minister in the new Mikati government Read More »
This paper was written for the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI).
Introduction
Over a decade after the first major gas discoveries in the Levant Basin, and a year after a first meeting in Cairo on 14 January 2019, representatives …
The East Mediterranean Gas Forum: Regional Cooperation Amid Conflicting Interests Read More »
A partir du 1er avril, les pays de l’OPEP et leurs partenaires – à leur tête la Russie – sont libres de toute restriction imposée par l’accord sur la réduction de la production, arrivé à terme le 31 mars …
Marchés pétroliers: Le pari calculé mais risqué de Riyad Read More »
The coronavirus pandemic has rattled global oil markets in unprecedented ways. First, the failure of OPEC+ to agree on a collective response to the crisis early March drove a wedge between Saudi Arabia and Russia and threatens to flood the …
The impact of Covid-19 on the Lebanese oil and gas sector Read More »
PM designate Hassan Diab announced his cabinet lineup on January 21, 2020. To deal with the most severe financial and economic crisis in decades, Diab, and the political parties that have agreed to join this one-sided cabinet, picked a 20-member …
Lebanon: Raymond Ghajar, new Minister of Energy and Water Read More »
The first six months of 2019 saw an unusual series of meetings between Lebanese and Egyptian officials, with energy cooperation at the core of these discussions. If memory serves well, the frequency is unprecedented:
January 18, 2019: A meeting …
Gas sector as a catalyst for closer cooperation between Lebanon and Egypt Read More »
The cabinet approved the launching of Lebanon’s second offshore oil & gas licensing round in its latest session on April 4, 2019. Energy Minister Nada Boustani officially announced the launching of the tender in a press conference on April 5.…
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With a highly topical agenda and a crowd of prominent speakers, delegates, sponsors and supporters, the Lebanon International Oil & Gas Summit has firmly established itself as the leading, international and annual oil and gas event for Lebanon.
Launched in …
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Energy Ministers from Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority took an important step in Cairo toward establishing an Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) on January 14. According to the declaration that followed the meeting, the EMGF …
The Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum: A Lebanese perspective Read More »