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[Oil & Gas Updates]: Weekly Roundup, April 1st, 2013


Lebanon – Pre-qualification round:

In accordance with previously set deadlines, caretaker Energy Minister Gebran Bassil held a press conference on 28/03 – the closing day for the pre-qualification round –  along with the members of the Petroleum Administration’s board, …

[Oil & Gas Updates]: Weekly Roundup 25/02

Lebanon – Seismic surveys:

British Foreign Secretary William Hague joined Energy Minister Gebran Bassil on 21/02 to announce the launching of 2-D seismic surveys, which will be conducted onshore by British firm Spectrum. The company, which conducted 2-D and …

[Oil & Gas Updates]: Weekly Roundup 04/02

Lebanon – First licensing round:

A reassessment of data collected from the latest 3-D survey conducted by Spectrum ASA showed that hydrocarbon reserves off the southern coast may be larger than previously thought. Initial findings in this area were …

[Oil & Gas Updates]: Weekly Roundup 21/01

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 …

Syria: Who Will Throw the First Stone?

By Fadi Assaf.

Diplomatic, economic and media pressures are mounting on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, while the Annan plan is in jeopardy, violence is growing, and the opposition is struggling to reach the required threshold of credibility for …

سوريا: من يجرؤ على المبادرة؟

فادي عساف.

تتصاعد الضغوطات الدبلوماسية والاقتصادية والإعلامية على نظام الرئيس السوري بشار الأسد، في ظل تعرّض خطة “أنان” للخطر، وتصاعد وتيرة العنف، ومكافحة المعارضة لبلوغ مستوى المصداقية المطلوب ليكون مشروعها البديل مقبولاً. لم يعد التدخل العسكري من المواضيع المحرّمة، وإن …

Syrie : qui jettera la première pierre?

Par Fadi Assaf.

Les pressions diplomatiques, économiques et médiatiques s’accentuent sur le régime du Président syrien Bachar el-Assad, alors que le plan Annan est en péril, que la violence croît, et que l’Opposition peine à atteindre le seuil de crédibilité …

Syrie – Irak: une bataille pour deux

Par Fadi Assaf.

En s’engageant au Levant dans la bataille pour le renversement du régime alaouite à Damas, les dirigeants saoudiens et avec eux les Qataris, occultaient ou négligeaient les données géostratégiques fondamentales qui motivent l’interventionnisme de leurs alliés américains …

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