LibGuides: Oil and Gas in Lebanon: Governance

Petroleum Laws

الاحكام الضريبية المتعلقة بالانشطة البترولية
قانون الأحكام الضريبية المتعلقة بالأنشطة البترولية 10/2017
Law for the Tax Provisions related to Petroleum Activities (10/2017)
Law related to Petroleum Activities in accordance with Law 132 dated 24/08/2010 (Unofficial Translation)
مرسوم هيئة إدارة قطاع البترول: 64 مادة تحدد المهام والمسؤوليات 3 /2012
جريدة السفير, 30 آذار 2012
قانون الموارد البترولية في المياه البحرية
تم نشره في الجريدة الرسمية العدد 41 - الصادرة بتاريخ 2 أيلول 2010
مرسوم ھيئة إدارة قطاع البترول 2012
Unofficial copy
الانظمة و القواعد المتعلقة بالانشطة البترولية: مرسوم رقم 10289
Petroleum Activities Regulations for Lebanon (Unofficial Translation)
Oil Law: Missing the tide (05, 2011)
By Sami Halabi on February 05, 2011
الأحكام العامة للتعاقد مع الشركات من أجل البحث والتنقيب عن النفط والغاز 04, 1994
مرسوم رقم 5039 - صادر في 9/4/1994
Petroleum agreements and legislation in Lebanon (1971)
edited by Adnan J. Chahal, 1971
Lebanese Petroleum Administration: Legislative framework
Oil & gas handbook
edited by Ramzi El Hafez, Beirut : InfoPro, 2018

National Strategy

Hydrocarbon Exploration Offshore Lebanon: Current Status and Way Forward
University of Cyprus, Nicosia, June 23, 2011
Lebanese Leaders Laud Formation of Petroleum Authority after Months of Bickering
Naharnet Newsdesk, November 08, 2012.
Lebanon can avoid the 'resource curse.'
Daily Star; March 6, 2012
Lebanon First Offshore Licensing Round
Experts' presentation. Ministry of Energy and Water,
22nd February 2012
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1. Huw Edwards – ERCL Advisor, Ministry of Energy and Water, Republic of Lebanon (Speaker)
2. Fadi Nader – Advisor, Ministry of Energy and Water, Republic of Lebanon
3. Wissam Chbat – Advisor, Ministry of Energy and Water, Republic of Lebanon
Lebanon’s gas reserves: A blessing or a curse?
Dr. Alia Moubayed, Director, Senior Economist Middle East and North Africa,
Munib and Angela Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources
April 27, 2012
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Third Annual International Workshop : The Role of Natural Gas in Lebanon’s Future Energy Mix
April 27, 2012 / Hostler Center Auditorium, Beirut,
Managing Oil and Gas Revenues in Lebanon
The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (2016)
Mapping the petroleum administration
Executive, March 23, 2013
National Energy Efficiency Action Plan for the years 2011-2013
Presentation by Dr. Farid B. Chaaban
December 5-6, 2010
Qabbani calls for establishment of oil and gas committee
Daily Star , September 28, 2011 01:58 AM
Role of Academic Institutions in Supporting Future Energy Exploration & Production
Third Annual International Workshop, Munib and Angela Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources .
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the Lebanese Offshore Petroleum Sector.
لبنان النفطي: مخزون واعد ... وبعشرات المليارات
01/03/2012 السفير
هل تقضي التجاذبات السياسية على ثروات لبنان البترولية؟
As-Safir, February 2, 2012

Research at AUB

Experts at Masri Institute energy workshop: AUB best-placed to help devise new energy strategy for Lebanon. Read the press release in Arabic. The theme of the workshop is on 'the role of natural gas in Lebanon’s future energy mix'.

AUB Theses

On structuring offshore hydrocarbon production sharing contracts Lebanon's case Younes, Najat Wahib AUB Thesis, 2010
Policy-making in Lebanon: Potential Offshore Oil and Gas Discoveries Student Research Report. Mr. Jeremy Arbid, Graduate Student, AUB.

Exploration & Licensing

First Licensing Round: Pre-Qualified Companies (Summer 2013)
First Licensing Round: Bidding & Contractual Terms (May 2013)
First Licensing Round: Strategy & Program (May 2013)
Lebanon First Offshore License Round (15 February, 2013)
Government sets offshore drilling tender in motion. (28 December, 2012)
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on December 28, 2012, on page 1.
Annoucement for oil bids before 2013 (9 November, 2012)
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on November 09, 2012, on page 5.
Offshore Drilling: Regulatory & Contractual Issues (27 April 2012)
Munib and Angela Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources
Third Annual International Workshop: e Role of Natural Gas in Lebanon’s
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Mr. Ramu Ramaswamy, Expert in non-contentious energy law, Of Counsel, Eversheds,
Future Energy Mix
Friday, April 27, 2012 / Hostler Center Auditorium, Beirut, ebanon
Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Levant Basin Province, Eastern Mediterranean (March 2010.)
World Petroleum Resources Project
United States Geological Survey, March 2010.
Multinational oil & gas companies in the Middle East & Africa directory (2008)
Business Monitor International
التراخيص البترولية: توجس من عمليات مالية غير شرعية
As-Safir Newspaper: January 15, 2013
.. عديـة نفطيـة مـن الحكومة للبنانيين: 2013 لإطلاق المناقصات و2014 للتوقيع .. و2015 للتنقيب
As-Safir Newspaper: December 24, 2012
هل ينجح لبنان في إطلاق دورة التراخيص للشركات النفطية قبل نهاية سنة 2012؟
AnNahar Newspaper, 19 November 2012

Ministries

Ministry of Energy and Water

Ministry of Defense

Ministry of Environment

Ministry of Foreign Affairs