FLASH: Lebanon unveils list of companies eligible for the first licensing round for oil & gas exploration


Update: In 2017, Lebanon opened the door for more companies to pre-qualify for the first licensing round. The full list is available here.

Caretaker Energy Minister Gebran Bassil held a press conference today, 18/04, to announce the list of companies that made it through the pre-qualification round and are eligible to participate in Lebanon’s first licensing round for offshore oil and gas exploration.

52 companies from 25 countries have submitted applications. Among these, 14 sought to qualify as operators and 38 as non-operators.

Below is a list of the 52 companies, indicating those that qualified and those that did not:

Company

Applied to pre-qualify as

Status

Australia

1

SANTOS

Non-operator

Qualified

Austria

2

OMV

Non-operator

Qualified

Brazil

3

Petrobras

Operator

Qualified

Canada

4

Suncor

Non-operator

Qualified

China

5

CNOOCIG

Not stated

Not qualified

Croatia

6

INA

Non-operator

Qualified

Denmark

7

Maersk

Operator

Qualified

France

8

GDF Suez

Non-operator

Qualified

9

Total

Operator

Qualified

Hungary

10

MOL Group E&P

Non-operator

Qualified

India

11

ONGC

Non-operator

Qualified

12

Cairn India

Operator

Qualified as Non-operator

Iran

13

National Iranian Drilling Corporation

Non-operator

Not qualified

Ireland

14

Petroceltic

Non-operator

Qualified

15

Circle Oil PLC

Non-operator

Not qualified

Italy

16

Edison

Non-operator

Qualified

17

ENI International

Operator

Qualified

Japan

18

JAPEX

Non-operator

Qualified

19

JX Nippon

Non-operator

Qualified

20

Mitsui

Non-operator

Qualified

21

INPEX

Operator

Qualified

Korea

22

KNOC

Non-operator

Qualified

23

KOGAS

Non-operator

Qualified

Kuwait

24

KUFPEC

Non-operator

Qualified

Lebanon

25

CC Energy

Non-operator

Qualified

Malaysia

26

Petronas

Operator

Qualified

Netherlands

27

Shell E&P

Operator

Qualified

Norway

28

Statoil

Operator

Qualified

Russia

29

Lukoil

Non-operator

Qualified

30

Novatec / GPB Global Resources

Non-operator

Qualified

31

Rosneft

Non-operator

Qualified

Spain

32

Repsol

Operator

Qualified

Thailand

33

PTT

Non-operator

Qualified

Turkey

34

TPAO

Non-operator

Qualified

UAE

35

Crescent (UAE) / Apex Gas (Lebanon)

Non-operator

Qualified

36

Crescent Petroleum

Non-operator

Qualified

37

Dana Gas

Non-operator

Qualified

38

Dragon Oil

Non-operator

Qualified

39

MOISS

Operator

Not qualified

40

Mubadala

Non-operator

Qualified

UK

41

Cairn Energy

Non-operator

Qualified

42

Dana Petroleum

Non-operator

Qualified

43

Genel Energy

Non-operator

Qualified

44

Heritage Oil

Non-operator

Qualified

45

Ophir

Non-operator

Not qualified

46

SOCO

Non-operator

Qualified

USA

47

Anadarko

Operator

Qualified

48

Chevron

Operator

Qualified

49

ExxonMobil

Operator

Qualified

50

Geopark / Petroleb

Non-operator

Qualified

51

Levantine Exploration

Non-operator

Not qualified

52

Marathon

Non-operator

Qualified

Middle East Strategic Perspectives will provide further details and analysis in its upcoming weekly report on Lebanon’s emerging oil and gas sector.

Update: The weekly report is now available and can be accessed here.

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