{"id":8220,"date":"2023-10-14T13:56:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T13:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=8220"},"modified":"2023-10-14T13:56:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T13:56:18","slug":"no-gas-finds-after-drilling-at-lebanons-offshore-block-9-source-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/8220\/","title":{"rendered":"No gas finds after drilling at Lebanon’s offshore Block 9, source says"},"content":{"rendered":"

RoydadNaft – <\/a><\/span>\u00a0No hydrocarbon finds were made after exploratory drilling operations at Lebanon’s offshore Block 9, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Friday.<\/p>\n

Lebanon’s energy minister and officials from the Lebanese Petroleum Administration declined to comment.<\/p>\n

The consortium drilling in Block 9 is led by France’s TotalEnergies and includes Italian oil giant ENI and state-owned QatarEnergy. TotalEnergies declined to comment, while QatarEnergy and Eni did not immediately reply to a request for comment by Reuters.<\/p>\n

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The TransOcean Barents began drilling in late August and was set to have preliminary results by the end of this month or in November.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

One of the sources told Reuters that they had “hit water” while drilling, meaning no oil or gas had been found.<\/p>\n

Block 9 is one of the blocks falling alongside the newly delineated maritime border between Lebanon and Israel.<\/p>\n

The boundary was drawn last year following U.S.-mediated talks.<\/p>\n

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Drilling at the exploratory well had not stopped despite several days of clashes along the land border with Israel, Lebanon’s energy minister had told Reuters on Wednesday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Lebanon hopes gas and oil discoveries will help it to reverse a crippling economic crisis that has cost the local currency more than 98% of its value, eroded the country’s foreign reserves and caused rolling blackouts across towns and cities.<\/p>\n

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