BEIRUT (AP) — French oil giant Total said Tuesday it would soon launch exploration activities in search for gas in the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon’s coast, following last month’s Lebanon-Israel deal ...

People shop at a supermarket as they begin to stock up on provisions, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Lebanese rushed to food stores to stock up on vegetables and basic items, hours ...

Lebanon’s first offshore well has proven a failure in a blow to the country’s dream of joining the East Mediterranean gas bonanza, following major discoveries in neighbouring Israel, Cyprus and Egypt.

Lebanon expects TotalEnergies-led consortium to drill another well at offshore Block 9 as soon as possible, reported Reuters citing Lebanon Energy Minister Walid Fayad. The consortium could not find ...

France's Total and partners are poised to drill their first wildcat on Block 4 off Lebanon despite growing nationwide protests in a country in financial and political crisis. Total chief executive ...

Total E&P Liban SAL failed to encounter hydrocarbons in the Byblos 16/1 exploration well, Block 4, Lebanon. The well—drilled 30 km offshore Beirut to 4,076 m on Apr. 26 in 1,500 m of water—penetrated ...

Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai has implored Lebanon’s patron saint to help save the country from “total collapse” amid one of the worst financial crises the world has seen in decades. In a homily for ...