Le gaz naturel, qui occupe un volume environ mille fois supérieur à celui du pétrole à pouvoir énergétique équivalent, est acheminé depuis la zone de production jusqu’à la zone de consommation par deux moyens:
– Le transport par gazoduc: Comprimé …
According to Nechirvan Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Iraqi Kurdistan will start exporting oil to Turkey via pipeline “before Christmas”. The move is expected to have major geopolitical implications, with possible threats to Iraq’s cohesion. We …
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Lebanon – The Oil & Gas Sector: A Discussion with caretaker Energy Minister Gebran Bassil
Lebanon’s first licensing round is facing its first obstacle. The two decrees that are essential for proceeding with the tender (one delimitating offshore blocks and …
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Lebanon – Turkey:
Two Turkish Airlines pilots were kidnapped on 09/08 by an unknown group called Zuwwar al-Imam Rida, near the Beirut international airport. The incident is in retaliation for the kidnapping of Lebanese pilgrims in May 2012 by Syrian …
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Lebanon/Cyprus – LNG Plant:
U.S.-based Noble Energy and Israeli companies Delek Drilling and Avner Oil Exploration (both subsidiaries of the Delek Group) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 26/06 with the government of Cyprus launching talks for the construction …
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Lebanon – Pre-qualification round:
In accordance with the Ministry’s schedule, caretaker Energy Minister Gebran Bassil held a press conference on 18/04, at the Petroleum Administration’s office, to announce the list of companies that qualified and are eligible to participate in …
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Lebanon – Cyprus:
The President of Cyprus, Demetris Christofias, paid an official visit to Lebanon on 09-11/01 (arriving late in the evening of Wednesday 09/01 and leaving in the morning of 11/01), responding to an invitation by the President …
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An article published in Al-Akhbar by Nasser Charara [Link in Arabic. French translation here] on November 13 looks at the Syrian crisis through energy geopolitics. The author refers to leaks emanating from a “western oil giant” to conclude that …
Two pipelines in the middle east were the target of explosions over the week-end. The Egyptian pipeline that carries gas to Jordan and Israel was hit on Sunday 22/07 near the town of El-Arish at a point before it splits …
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Mona Sukkarieh.
The Kurdish Regional Government begun exporting crude oil by truck to Turkey earlier this month (07/2012) in a move that infuriated Baghdad, which claims exclusive rights for exporting energy. In May 2012, Turkey and the Kurdish Regional Government, …
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Former oil minister Sameh Fahmy was sentenced to 15 years in jail on 28/06 by an Egyptian Court for selling gas to Israel below international market rates and squandering public funds. Other energy officials and a business man, Hussein Salem, …
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The 3.3 billion USD Habshan-Fujairah pipeline, built by China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation, was inaugurated on 21/06, with a capacity of 1.5 million barrels per day (which can be increased to 1.8m bpd), or the equivalent of ≈ 70% …
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