Consortium Led by TotalEnergies to Start Drilling Offshore Lebanon
According to a study by French specialists, potential hydrocarbon reserves on the shelf can be up to 700 billion cubic meters. m of gas
The drilling vessel of the Swiss company Transocean has arrived in the exclusive economic zone of Lebanon to carry out exploration work on block 9, where the offshore field of Qana lies. This was announced on the social network X (formerly Twitter) by the Acting Minister of Public Works and Transport of the Republic, Ali Hamiya.
“A specialized vessel for drilling exploratory wells at sea depths has reached the point set for it and will soon begin scheduled work to determine hydrocarbon reserves in block 9,” he said.
The international consortium that won the tender for the development of oil and gas fields on the Mediterranean shelf off the coast of Lebanon includes the French company TotalEnergies, the Italian Eni and the Qatari QatarEnergy.
According to a study by French experts, the potential hydrocarbon reserves on the Lebanese shelf can be up to 700 billion cubic meters. m of gas.
On October 27 last year, Lebanon and Israel signed an agreement on the demarcation of the maritime border, which paved the way for the development of oil and gas reserves in the exclusive economic zone. The negotiations were mediated by US State Department Senior Adviser on Global Energy Security Amos Hawkstin.
