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Lebanon optimistic on reaching maritime border deal with Israel

Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said on Friday there is more optimism than ever on reaching a deal to delineate the country's maritime border with Israel via U.S. mediation, according to a tweet from the ministry's account.

Reuters · Jul 29, 2022

US envoy confident Gulf oil producers will boost production

WASHINGTON — A U.S. energy envoy said he is confident Gulf producers will increase oil output after President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia, where he met with regional leaders.

Tribune News Service · Jul 17, 2022

State Department adviser expects gas prices to fall to $4 a gallon

After months of skyrocketing, prices at the pump have begun to fall.

Axios · Jul 17, 2022

Lebanon Extends Licensing Deadline for Gas Exploration

Lebanon’s caretaker energy minister on Wednesday extended the licensing deadline for oil and gas companies to explore in the country’s territorial waters until mid-December, to give more firms the chance to bid, state-run news agency reported. The decision by the minister, Walid Fayyad, to extended the deadline of the second…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 15, 2022

Lebanese Stance on Border Dispute with Israel Enables More Talks, US Mediator Says

Indirect negotiations to resolve a maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel will be bolstered by a proposal Lebanese officials presented to a US mediator in Beirut on Tuesday, Washington's envoy said. "I think that it will enable negotiations to go forward," mediator Amos Hochstein said in an interview with…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 14, 2022

US envoy talks with Lebanese on border dispute with Israel

The U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their disputed maritime border has met with Lebanese President Michel Aoun and discussed ways of reaching a solution amid rising tension along the tense border

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

Lebanon Preparing to Offer Compromise on Maritime Spat with Israel, Officials Say

Lebanon is preparing to offer a compromise to US energy envoy Amos Hochstein to resolve a dispute with Israel over maritime gas resources, three Lebanese officials with knowledge of the negotiations told Reuters. Hochstein landed in Beirut on Monday at the invitation of the Lebanese government, which had objected to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 14, 2022

Lebanese Protest Israel Vessel at Karish Gas Field

Hundreds of people and several lawmakers protested Saturday in southern Lebanon against Israel moving a gas production vessel into an offshore field partly claimed by Beirut. The demonstration comes just days before the US envoy mediating maritime border talks between the two neighbors is expected in Lebanon, and after the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 11, 2022

US Envoy to Visit Lebanon, Discuss Israel Maritime Talks

The United States will send an envoy to Lebanon next week to discuss the country's energy crisis and underscore Washington's hope that Beirut and Israel can reach a decision delimiting their maritime boundary, the State Department said on Friday. Amos Hochstein, the State Department's senior advisor for energy security, will…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 11, 2022

Arrival of Israeli gas installation reignites Lebanon maritime border dispute

An Israeli floating gas production unit arrived in the maritime zone disputed between Israel and Lebanon on Sunday – prompting the anger of the Lebanese government, especially as negotiations between the two countries on this dispute are at a standstill.

France 24 · Jun 7, 2022