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    Home » QatarEnergy joins TotalEnergies and Eni on two exploration blocks

    QatarEnergy joins TotalEnergies and Eni on two exploration blocks

    January 29, 2023
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    *Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, QatarEnergy CEO and Qatar’s Minister of Energy Saad al-Kaabi, Lebanon’s caretaker Energy Minister Walid Fayad, Eni Chief Executive Claudio Descalzi, and Chairman and CEO at TotalEnergies Patrick Pouyanne stand together during a signing ceremony as QatarEnergy joins TotalEnergies and Eni to explore oil and gas in two maritime blocks off the coast of Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon January 29, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

    Paris -– TotalEnergies and Eni have completed the transfer to QatarEnergy of a 30% interest in exploration Blocks 4 and 9 off the coast of Lebanon.

    The agreements were endorsed in Beirut on January 29, during a ceremony attended by His Excellency Dr. Walid Fayad, the Minister of Energy and Water of Lebanon; His Excellency Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Qatar’s Minister of State for Energy Affairs and President and CEO of QatarEnergy; Mr. Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies; and Mr. Claudio Descalzi, CEO of Eni.

    Pursuant to the terms of the agreements, TotalEnergies (operator) and Eni will each retain a 35% interest in the blocks with QatarEnergy holding the remaining 30%.

    “We are very pleased to welcome QatarEnergy in our exploration acreage in Lebanon. The recent delineation of Lebanon’s maritime border with Israel has created a new momentum for the exploration of its hydrocarbon potential. Along with our partners, we are committed to drilling as soon as possible in 2023 an exploration well in Block 9, and our teams are mobilized to conduct these operations”, said Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies.

    This new partnership further expands the cooperation between TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy in exploration activities and brings to nine the number of countries where the two companies have partnerships.

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