The third edition of the Lebanon International Oil & Gas summit (LIOG) will be held in Beirut on 9 and 10 May 2017. The event will be held under the auspices of the Ministry of Energy and Water and in …
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Lebanon is steadily pursuing plans to revive its nascent oil and gas sector, with a determination that is similar to what we witnessed in 2012 and the first months of 2013. Over a short period of time, deadlines were fiercely …
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The Lebanese Petroleum Administration (LPA) invites international oil and gas companies to a consultation workshop on February 23 to introduce Lebanon’s first licensing round.
The Ministry of Energy and LPA will present the recently adopted roadmap and an overview of …
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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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On November 9, the Foreign Ministers of Greece and Cyprus, Nikos Kotzias and Ioannis Kasoulides, visited Lebanon at the invitation of the Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Gebran Bassil, following the Conference on Stability and Security of Rhodes (8-9 …
Cyprus’ Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannis Kasoulides is expected in Beirut on November 09, 2016, along with his Greek and Bulgarian counterparts Nikos Kotzias and Daniel Mitov. Middle East Strategic Perspectives seized this opportunity to ask the Cypriot minister about …
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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