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Jan 6, 2021

The Minister of Energy and Water in the caretaker government issued the following statement:

With the beginning of the year 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the petroleum industry, which has forced international oil companies to reduce exploration activities in most countries around the world, and this is due to companies having to reduce their annual budgets and to the difficulty of working in maritime waters in light of the preventive measures taken to avoid virus.

As for the local level, the Minister of Energy and Water stresses to confirm that the consortium of companies consisting of Total, ENI and Novatek continues its petroleum activities in Lebanon under the leadership of the operator Total, especially that, due to the implementation of the amended Law 160/2020 (suspension of deadlines), the first exploration period was extended in each of Blocks 4 and 9 in the Lebanese maritime waters until August 13 of the year 2022.

The consortium has presented the Work and Budget Programs for Blocks 4 and 9 for the year 2021... Read more