BEIRUT: The Lebanese Petroleum Administration will be reviewing a draft bill on onshore petroleum resources before returning it to the government for further assessment, a source told The Daily Star Wednesday on the sidelines of a conference on Lebanon’s oil and gas industry. The source said concerned ministries have reviewed the first version of a draft bill that the LPA earlier presented to the government.
Each of the concerned ministries has filed its comments to the Energy Ministry, which is set to refer them back to the LPA.
The LPA will then have to introduce amendments to the draft as suggested before returning it to the Cabinet for another round of assessment, the source added.