Lebanon – Russia:
Lebanese President Michel Slaiman paid a 5-day visit to Russia on 19-23/01. The purpose of the visit was to receive the annual prize of the International Foundation for the Unity of Orthodox Christian Nations for his …
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Lebanon – Russia:
Lebanese President Michel Slaiman headed to Russia on 19/01 for a 5-day visit. Slaiman is scheduled to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev, focusing on the situation in the middle east …
[Oil & Gas Updates]: Weekly Roundup 21/01 Read More »
Lebanon – Corruption:
According to Transparency International’s yearly report, Lebanon, with a score of 30 points, is considered among the 50 most corrupt countries in the world, ranking 128th out of 174 countries. Corruption is widespread, particularly …
[Oil & Gas Updates]: Weekly Roundup 07/01 Read More »
Today’s cabinet session (27/12), the last in 2012, has been announced with much fanfare, several days in advance, by government officials. Local media described the news as “a holiday gift”, quoting Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri or Energy Minister Gebran Bassil, …
Lebanon – Petroleum Administration:
Lebanon’s Petroleum Administration visited President Michel Slaiman, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, and Prime Minister Najib Mikati on 20/12, to brief them on the work that is being done ahead of the launching of the first licensing …
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Lebanon – Internal politics:
Rifaat Eid, the leader of the pro-Syrian regime Arab Democratic Party, which draws its support from the Lebanese Alawite community in Tripoli, has called for a better representation of his community at the political level. Speaking …
[Oil & Gas Updates]: Weekly Roundup 17/12 Read More »
Lebanon – Cyprus – Israel:
Lebanese-Cypriot relations were given a boost this past week (3-9/12) by a series of events, after a period of somewhat uneasy relations due to a Cypriot-Israeli agreement over the delimitation of their Exclusive Economic …
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Lebanon – Economic Prospects:
The Lebanese ministry of energy has to deal with complications arising from two separate projects initiated by minister Gebran Bassil: the construction of a power plant in Deir Amar and the leasing of electricity-generating ships …
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Lebanon – Iran:
Iran granted $40 million to Lebanon for the construction of a water dam in the village of Balaa in Batroun to generate power. The deal was signed on 16/11 in Beirut between the Iranian Energy Minister …
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In an interview on Radio Sawt el-Mada on November 17, Energy Minister Gebran Bassil indicated that Lebanon enjoys vast resources that exceed those of Cyprus and Israel and qualified past negligence of such a wealth as “unfair” and “irresponsible”. He …
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The newly-formed Petroleum Administration held its first meeting on Friday 09/11, headed by Energy Minister Gebran Bassil. Bassil said the major challenge ahead is to be ready by the end of 2012 for the launching of the first licensing round. …
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A statement released by Lebanese Energy minister Gebran Bassil’s office, published last evening (28/10) on his official twitter account and in today’s (29/10) edition of Annahar [both links in Arabic], referred, once again, to an equation the Minister has frequently …
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