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Feud over gas licensing widens as groups quarrel over mechanism | Business , Lebanon | THE DAILY STAR
▻http://dailystar.com.lb/Business/Lebanon/2013/Oct-15/234678-feud-over-gas-licensing-widens-as-groups-quarrel-over-mechanism

Caretaker Health Minister Ali Hasan Khalil, a member of the Amal Movement’s political bureau, blasted caretaker Energy and Water Minister Gebran Bassil for refusing to put up for auction all 10 of Lebanon’s gas blocks off the coast.

Khalil also suggested that Bassil may have bowed to external pressure when he designated only five of the 10 blocks.

He further accused the energy minister of favoritism for starting an onshore gas survey in his hometown of Batroun, rather than another part of the country.

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Regarding the location of the selected fields, Khalil also questioned why Bassil refused to open gas blocks near the Israeli maritime border for auction, hinting that the minister may have heeded the advice of some foreign powers.

Lebanon and Israel are at loggerheads over an 850 kilometer area that contains a rich gas field in the Exclusive Economic Zone.

Oil firms have made it clear they are not willing to explore in the disputed territorial waters, according to Spectrum.

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A leading company said Tuesday that international oil firms were not willing to explore for gas in the disputed territorial waters with Israel until the demarcation of this area was completed and voiced support for auctioning off all of Lebanon’s 10 blocks to the bidding companies. “International oil companies which are bidding for gas exploration in Lebanon are not ready to make any drilling in the disputed territorial water with Israel until the demarcation of this area has been completed,” the CEO of British-based company Spectrum, David Rowlands, told The Daily Star.

Read more : ▻http://dailystar.com.lb/Business/Lebanon/2013/Oct-09/234023-oil-firms-will-not-drill-in-disputed-zone-spectrum.ashx#ixzz2iA
(The Daily Star : : Lebanon News : : ►http://www.dailystar.com.lb)

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#Electricité au #Liban : vers une égalité dans la pénurie ?

THE DAILY STAR : : Business : : Lebanon : : Bassil calls on EDL to apply fair distribution of power
►http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Lebanon/2012/Jan-24/160898-bassil-calls-on-edl-to-apply-fair-distribution-of-power.ashx#ax

Energy and Water Minister Jibran Bassil has urged state-run Electricite du Liban to distribute electricity equally throughout the country and called on citizens receiving a poor service to protest and demand their rights, An-Nahar reported Tuesday.

The daily newspaper quoted Bassil as requesting that "Electricite du Liban use an equality [formula] in distributing electricity to all areas compared to Beirut as it is not acceptable for Beirut to be fed with 21 hours of electricity while Sin el-Fil gets only 11 hours.”

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Bassil proposed that one way to reduce the rationing was to make Beirut receive the same share of power as other Lebanese regions.

However, this proposal was dismissed by most politicians under the pretext that Beirut was the capital of the country.

peut être parce que la plupart d’entre eux y habitent, sans parler de leur famille, du siège de leurs entreprises, etc.

►http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Lebanon/2012/Jan-24/160876-edl-boosts-power-production-to-1500-mw-but-far-short-of-demand.