TotalEnergies Announces Lebanon Gas Field Exploration Next Year

Beirut, December 12 (QNA) - The French company TotalEnergies announced that it will start exploration within the framework of its offshore gas project in Block No. 9 in Lebanon, starting next year. The company said in a statement reported by the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) that it will most likely choose the supplier for a new drilling rig in the first quarter of 2023. The company added that it has placed the order with suppliers for the required equipment. Last October, TotalEnergies reached an agreement with the Lebanese government regarding the gas field, after the entry into force of a historic maritime border agreement with Israel. Lebanon and Israel agreed to a historic deal brokered by the United States, allowing both sides to exploit gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean, ending a decades-old dispute over their maritime borders. (QNA)