The oil and gas deal between Speaker Nabih Berri and Foreign Affairs Minister Gebran Bassil in July was initially met with enthusiasm, which gradually subsided as it failed to push for the adoption of the missing decrees. Expectations were misplaced. …
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Israel is planning to resume offshore exploration. After a four-year hiatus, new licenses are expected to be awarded in 2017, this time through a competitive bidding round, which will open in November 2016 and close in March 2017. After a …
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December 2014 – June 2015 – December 2015 – June 2016. Every six months, with Swiss-like precision, Speaker Nabih Berri makes another attempt to reactivate the oil and gas file.
Berri invokes the threat posed by Israel to Lebanese sovereignty …
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Special Envoy and Coordinator for international Energy Affairs at the U.S. State Department Amos Hochstein visited Lebanon on May 26, 2016, less than a year after his last visit to Beirut, in July 2015.
The U.S. Special Envoy held …
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It’s been three years the nascent oil and gas sector in Lebanon was brought to a complete halt. The relative success of the pre-qualification round in 2013 brought the sector to center stage and contributed to the hype surrounding it. …
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نشر هذا المقال في جريدة النهار في 17 حزيران 2016.
ثلاث سنوات وقطاع النفط والغاز الناشئ في لبنان مصاب بشلل شبه تام. لقد ساهم نجاح دورة التأهيل المُسبَق عامّ 2013 في دفع القطاع إلى الواجهة. لكنَّ دورة التأهيل هذه لم …
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The brutal murder of Giulio Regeni, an Italian doctoral student, in Egypt in January 2016 is threatening the once close relations between Cairo and Rome, with speculations the Egyptian security services might be involved.
Since he came to office in …
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The Republic of Cyprus officially launched its third licensing round for hydrocarbon exploration on March 24, 2016. Blocks 6, 8 and 10 are open for licensing, and the application deadline is set for July 22, 2016, four months after the …
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On February 29, Skeyes, in partnership with Middle East Strategic Perspectives, launched a mobile app, LOG&Learn, dedicated to providing accurate information about Lebanon’s nascent oil and gas sector, by answering user questions and fact-checking public statements about Lebanon’s potential …
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Saudi Arabia is expected to reaffirm its policy of supplying Egypt with petroleum products as a contribution to help alleviate the country’s energy shortages. This subject will feature high on the agenda in the upcoming meeting between Egyptian President AbdelFattah …
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On February 16, the Council of Ministers approved a third licensing round for offshore oil and gas exploration, which paves the way for launching the preparatory process.
Despite difficult market conditions, Cyprus hopes to build on the positive momentum created …
Cyprus to launch a third licensing round… Is the timing right? Read More »
In its latest edition of the East Med Oil & Gas Report (issued on February 10, 2016), MESP provides insights and operational analysis on the following subjects:
Turkey omnipresent in the Cyprus-Greece-Israel trilateral summit
Further drilling in Cyprus faces challenges…
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