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Instability scaring off some oil, gas bidders | Business , Lebanon | THE DAILY STAR
▻http://dailystar.com.lb/Business/Lebanon/2013/Jul-12/223377-instability-scaring-off-some-oil-gas-bidders.ashx#axzz2YvdyMHJI

L’article expose aussi le point de vue de Mohammad Kabani, député du 14 mars, qui presse pour une exploitation rapide des hydrocarbures situés près de la frontière maritime, craignant une mainmise isréalienne sur ces ressources

Head of Lebanon’s energy parliamentary committee MP Mohammad Qabbani said Thursday that Lebanon had four months to come up with a plan to safeguard its oil and gas wealth.

“Lebanon should start drilling from the south of our exclusive economic zone in the first licensing round to guarantee our rights. ... The priority should be given to the border blocks 8, 9, and 10 which are in close proximity to Karish,” the MP told a news conference.

He also called for the establishment of a national oil and gas company, adding that a draft law would be prepared in this regard.

Bashir Bassatne, manager of BB Energy, echoed Qabbani’s call to start awarding contracts for blocks in the EEZ’s southern region. He added that reservoirs in the area were most likely to stretch across the borders not only with Israel but also with Cyprus.

“In the absence of an agreement to divide natural resources, an unlikely outcome [given Lebanon and Israel’s state of war], it will be a race over who exploits the wealth first,” he said.

#Liban
#Israël
#hydrocarbures
#énergie
#pétrole
#gaz_naturel
#frontière_maritime

Les enjeux du pétrole et du gaz au coeur de la crise géopolitique proche-orientale
Lebanon : The Oil & Gas Week, June 17, 2013 | Middle East Strategic Perspectives
▻http://www.mestrategicperspectives.com/2013/06/16/lebanon-the-oil-gas-week-june-17-2013

The energy dimension is increasingly being highlighted by the Iran/Syrian Regime/Hezbollah axis. In an interview published by Lebanese daily al-Akhbar on 10/06, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that western countries are offering to invest tens of billions of dollars in post-war reconstruction on condition their oil companies get a stake in Syrian offshore petroleum resources. Assad said he rejected the offer (including a $21 billion loan from the World Bank), and announced that he awarded a production license to a Russian company. Four days later, on 14/06, al-Akhbar reported that al-Assad is insisting, during his meetings, on the challenges that the discovery of petroleum resources poses for Lebanon and Syria, and the need to “protect the oil.” According to the Syrian president, the next battle will be the “battle of oil” since the oil and gas wealth in the Gulf is controlled by the US, and is being used to “destroy our countries”. He added that Lebanese and Syrian offshore and onshore resources must be protected, and their proceeds must be used to ensure development and to finance the conflict with Israel. In a televised speech aired on 10/06, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah emphasized the role of the resistance group in protecting Lebanon and its resources, a fact that will allow the country to exploit its oil and gas wealth in the near future. If it weren’t for the Resistance, he said, Lebanese gas would have been under Israeli control.

La participation turque à la prospection au Liban est également au centre de contestations populaires à cause de sa médiation partiale dans l’affaire des kidnappings d’otages chiites en Syrie
#Liban
#Syrie
#Turquie
#Russie
#pétrole
#gaz