7/11/2020
Stuart Elliott
IOC drilling off Cyprus on hold after cuts. Lebanon offshore could be non-starter. Carbon constraints could leave gas stranded.
4/14/2020
Cyprus Mail
Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis confirmed that in recent days he was informed in writing by ExxonMobil that they have pushed back to September 2021 an appraisal (or follow-up) well at the site dubbed Glafcos in block 10.
4/9/2020
LPA
On the 15th of March 2020 the Council of Ministers announced a general mobilisation state closing down the airport and putting the country under a partial national lockdown amid the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
4/8/2020
LPA
وأوضحت المصادر لـ«الجمهورية»، انّه سبق لشركة «توتال» أن صرّحت انّها ستعلن نتائج الاستكشاف بعد شهرين من الإعلان عن توقف الحفر
4/3/2020
LPA
The Minister of Energy and Water issued a decision to postpone the deadline to submit applications to participate in Lebanon’s Second Offshore Licensing Round from the 30th of April 2020 to the 1st of June 2020.
4/1/2020
CN
Lebanon’s first-ever offshore exploratory drilling is continuing on schedule amid a partial national lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. It is halfway complete in Block 4 according to the General Manager of Total E&P Lebanon, Ricardo Darre.
2/27/2020
Zeina Karam
Lebanon's president has inaugurated the Mediterranean country's first offshore exploratory drilling for oil and gas, calling it a “historic day” for the cash-strapped country.
2/25/2020
AFP
Beirut hopes deepwater project, launched with French company near Israel’s maritime border, will strike it big, boost crumbling economy
2/25/2020
LPA
On the 25th of February 2020 the drillship Tungsten Explorer arrived to Lebanon’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to position itself at the location where it will drill the first exploration well in block 4.
12/12/2019
LPA
On the 12th of December 2019, the Minister of Energy and Water approved the Application to Drilling Permit for the first exploration well in block 4.