By Anadolu Agency
December 12, 2022 6:31 amBEIRUT
The French energy company TotalEnergies on Monday said it is committed to drilling for fuel in Lebanon’s Block 9 area by 2023.
The statement was made following a meeting between Lebanese Energy Minister Walid Fayyad and TotalEnergies CEO and chairman Patrick Pouyanné at the French company’s headquarters.
TotalEnergies added that a team consisting of more than 10 people is working and preparing the well, and the working team will increase to 20 by March 2023, where it will pick a winning rig at that time, after announcing the tender including the needed equipment for the rig operation.
TotalEnergies owns 60% of Lebanon’s Block 9 and Eni owns the remaining 40%.
In October, Israel and Lebanon signed a US-mediated deal to demarcate the maritime border between the two countries. The deal covers an area in the Mediterranean Sea, which contains part of the Karish gas field and Qana, a prospective gas field.
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