Believe it or not, the window of opportunity to engage Lebanon in the new and vast oil and gas exploration frontier is narrowing and the ship of the International Oil Companies (IOC) is sailing away.
As a geologist, I have studied (in depth) the GeoScience Offshore EMED. I have discussed the subject matter with Lebanon’s government officials and high ranking officers at the Ministry of defense. I have attended many meetings and been interviewed by two major networks on the same topic. I read numerous articles by the true but few oil and gas experts in Lebanon. I have evaluated the dictations by the so many “self-claimed experts” on the Hydrocarbon potential. Some scripts were professionally done but others were propagandist, with no substance and lacking the deep understanding of the nature of the oil and gas business.