The East Med Energy Report is published by Middle East Strategic Perspectives in collaboration with Obeid & Medawar Law Firm.
Egypt: More hydrogen deals ahead of COP27
Abu Dhabi-based renewable energy company Masdar and Egyptian firm Hassan …
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The East Med Energy Report is published by Middle East Strategic Perspectives in collaboration with Obeid & Medawar Law Firm.
To each era, its pipeline
Last month, the U.S. State Department shared its skepticism over the EastMed …
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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 …
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On November 9, the Foreign Ministers of Greece and Cyprus, Nikos Kotzias and Ioannis Kasoulides, visited Lebanon at the invitation of the Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Gebran Bassil, following the Conference on Stability and Security of Rhodes (8-9 …
For outside observers, Greece has increased stakes in the Levant. Security, illegal immigration, terrorism, and conflicts, in addition to hydrocarbon resources, are all factors that raise the stakes for Athens in the region. For its part, Athens is also showing …
Greece is keeping an eye on the Levant. Does it have the means of its ambitions? Read More »
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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Troubled relations with Turkey have deepened the relations between three Eastern Mediterranean countries, Egypt, Cyprus and Greece. A fourth, Israel, is never too far off, with a now well-established Israel-Cyprus-Greece entente in parallel. Even if just for the image, Egypt …
Eastern Mediterranean alliances: How robust are they? Read More »
Concluding Statement of International Conference on Support to Lebanese Armed Forces
ROME, 17 June 2014
1. Participants thanked the Government of Italy for hosting the Ministerial Conference on International Support for the Lebanese Armed Forces under the auspices of United …
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Lebanon: Presidential election dominates local political agenda
Oil and gas-related developments in Lebanon were limited in the past two weeks to the organization of two conferences, one on arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (8-9 May) and the other – more …
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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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Mona Sukkarieh.
Three thousand four hundred billion cubic meters of recoverable natural gas and 1.7 billion barrels of recoverable oil have brought attention to the Levant Basin and the countries surrounding it, a region mired in conflicts and whose strategic …
Eastern Mediterranean: Will Gazprom advance Russia’s influence in the region? Read More »