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Lebanon asks TotalEnergies to start gas exploration ‘quickly’

The move follows Israel and Lebanon finally reaching an agreement on their disputed sea border

Lebanese President Michel Aoun met with representatives of the French energy giant TotalEnergies today and told the company to “start exploration quickly” in Block 9, the Lebanese Presidency said in a tweet.

  • Al-Monitor

TotalEnergies first signed an energy exploration and production agreement with Lebanon back in 2018.

The Lebanese government also said last week that TotalEnergies would begin exploring in Block 9, off the coast of Lebanon in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

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