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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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 »
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 »
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 »
Russia’s military intervention in Syria, launched in September 2015, is a game-changer on several levels. One interesting facet of this engagement is the impact it had on promoting Russian-made arms. Even though this link has been publicly acknowledged by Russian …
Growing demand for Russian arms in the Middle East: The Syria Effect? Read More »
This article was published in the May 2017 edition of Executive Magazine.
There’s no shortage of headlines about Russian grand design for the Eastern Mediterranean. It predated Russia’s military intervention in Syria, but setting a foot in the region, …
Russia’s interest in Eastern Mediterranean gas resources has yet to take shape Read More »
This paper was written for King’s College London, European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS), “Reflections” Working Paper Series, Volume 3, Spring 2017.
The discovery of substantial gas reserves in the Eastern Mediterranean is infusing new dynamics into …
The fragile dynamics of establishing a new state of affairs in the Eastern Mediterranean Read More »
Lebanese President Michel Aoun headed to Saudi Arabia on January 9 for his first official trip, before going to Qatar. His next official visit is expected to be to Egypt.
Relations between Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt are volatile and …
Lebanon-KSA: Any normalization would still need a green light from Hezbollah Read More »
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 …
Egypt: Italy spat and the inevitable questions about ENI Read More »
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 …
Cracks in Saudi-Egyptian relations: an opportunity for others to step in? 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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This analysis is part of a presentation given at Chatham House by MESP co-founder Mona Sukkarieh on January 26, 2016, during session 5 of the MENA Energy Conference, on “North Africa: Security, Stability, and Investment”.
The discovery of Zohr …
The impact of Zohr on the development and export of East Med gas Read More »