The Lebanese Petroleum Administration (LPA) invites international oil and gas companies to a consultation workshop on February 23 to introduce Lebanon’s first licensing round.
The Ministry of Energy and LPA will present the recently adopted roadmap and an overview of …
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This article was written for the February 2017 edition of Executive Magazine.
On January 4 2017, the Lebanese government approved what many observers have been waiting for since March 2013: two oil and gas decrees, without which the country’s …
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Lebanon’s Energy Minister Cesar Abi Khalil announced on January 26 the timetable for Lebanon’s first offshore licensing round.
As anticipated, a second pre-qualification round will be organized. The same legal, financial, technical and QHSE criteria, detailed in decree 9882/2013, …
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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 …
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Lebanon’s first licensing round for offshore hydrocarbon exploration is back on track. In its first session since it gained confidence, the government signaled its determination to move forward by approving on January 4 two decrees that are essential for pursuing …
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Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced the formation of a 30-member national accord government on December 18. This is a short-lived government whose main task is to adopt a new electoral law and organize parliamentary elections in Spring 2017 (with a …
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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 …
Cyprus’ Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannis Kasoulides is expected in Beirut on November 09, 2016, along with his Greek and Bulgarian counterparts Nikos Kotzias and Daniel Mitov. Middle East Strategic Perspectives seized this opportunity to ask the Cypriot minister about …
The election of Michel Aoun as President on October 31 puts an end to a 29-month-long presidential vacuum, and signals a possible end to the political deadlock that has paralyzed the country since the start of the Syrian crisis in …
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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 …
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The oil and gas deal between Speaker Nabih Berri and Foreign Affairs Minister Gebran Bassil in July was initially met with enthusiasm, which gradually subsided as it failed to push for the adoption of the missing decrees. Expectations were misplaced. …
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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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