PM Saad Hariri announced his cabinet lineup on January 31, after nearly nine months of intense negotiations over ministerial shares and portfolios. On paper, this cabinet’s lifespan could extend until the end of President Michel Aoun’s mandate, barring a major …
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The year 2018 saw the translation of companies’ interest in the Eastern Mediterranean – following the discovery of Zohr, in Egypt, in 2015 – into concrete projects, and the confirmation of the region’s potential with a new and promising discovery …
Oil & Gas in East Med: 2018 roundup and what to expect in 2019 Read More »
Publié dans le numéro 38 de la LettreM.
A Chypre, le géant pétrolier français Total s’est associé à la compagnie italienne Eni pour présenter une offre pour l’exploration et la production d’hydrocarbures dans le Bloc 7. Un scenario qui …
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Preparations for the launching of Lebanon’s second offshore licensing round have begun. The Lebanese Petroleum Administration has published a tentative timeline for the tender, which will be officially launched by the end of 2018. The process, including the pre-qualification phase, …
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Since 2013, MESP is frequently solicited by the SKeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom at the Samir Kassir Foundation to monitor and evaluate Lebanese media’s coverage of the oil & gas sector and provide training sessions for journalists working …
Lebanese media coverage of the oil & gas sector – 2018 Read More »
As the final preparations for the May 8 trilateral summit between the heads of State of Cyprus, Israel and Greece were being laid out – the fourth such summit in just over two years, with so far, more words than …
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The country’s finances were in disarray. The Finance Minister flew to Moscow in a last-ditch attempt to seal a deal that would secure Russia a stake in its offshore gas resources, in return for a financial support that would spare …
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The Ministry of Energy and Water published the full text of the exploration and production contracts signed with the consortium made up of Total, Eni and Novatek. Lebanon is the first country in the Eastern Mediterranean to disclose signed agreements…
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The comments made by Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman at a Tel Aviv conference on January 31 sparked outrage in Lebanon. It brought the issue of the maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel back into the spotlight and managed …
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This article was written for the February 2018 edition of Executive Magazine.
At the end of January, Lebanon signed its first exploration & production agreements (EPA) with a consortium of companies composed of France’s Total (as operator), Italy’s Eni, …
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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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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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