Twice in the past week, NOW has elicited laughter from an assembled crowd with the following question: “Which of the proposed offshore blocks will potentially be the most lucrative, the most sought-after?”

The first round of chuckles came at a press conference on April 18, where caretaker Energy

Minister Gebran Bassil and members of the Petroleum Administration announced the 46

companies pre-qualified to bid for rights to explore in the aforementioned – but still technically

unofficial – blocks..........continue reading