On the 25th of January in 2017, the Lebanese government announced its intention to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). This falls within government efforts to ensure that transparency and accountability enshrine the nascent oil and gas sector in Lebanon. In order to transform the possible natural resources into sustainable growth for Lebanon, transparency including the right of citizens to access information is key.…

Lebanon’s hopes to develop an offshore gas sector were delivered a blow in April 2020 when the first offshore exploration well, drilled by Total and its partners, came up dry. The country is still hoping to join the club of East Mediterranean gas producers, despite the collapse of gas prices alongside crude oil prices in early 2020, the devastation wrought…

Understanding that transparency and openness of the parliament would improve the legislative process is crucial. This would increase citizens’ awareness of the importance of their participation and of the knowledge that needs to be gained about the country’s governance. Therefore, LOGI launched a survey targeting Lebanese citizens from different regions and ages between 18 and 80 years old. The objective…

This report provides an exhaustive assessment of the governance processesand practices adopted to date in the elaboration of a framework for managementof the oil and gas sector in Lebanon. It reviews progress regarding ten keyareas of decision-making and foundations required for managing resources toprosperity, highlights positive practices, and suggests practicalrecommendations for improvement. The report covers Lebanon’s activitiesfrom 2010 to 2018…

This report provides an exhaustive assessment of the governance processesand practices adopted to date in the elaboration of a framework for managementof the oil and gas sector in Lebanon. It reviews progress regarding ten keyareas of decision-making and foundations required for managing resources toprosperity, highlights positive practices, and suggests practicalrecommendations for improvement. The report covers Lebanon’s activitiesfrom 2010 to 2018…

High transparency and good governance standards in Lebanon are growing in importance, as a response to the demands of the Lebanese People since the 17th of October 2019, thus becoming the top reform priority across all sectors. This comes in line with the work of the Lebanese Oil & Gas Initiative (LOGI), which aims to ensure the compliance with the…

The Lebanese Oil and Gas Initiative (LOGI) in collaboration with Publish What You Pay (PWYP) and Friedrich Eibert Stiftung- Lebanon launched a project aiming to strengthen civil society participation in Lebanon’s oil and gas sector development and mitigate the social and environmental impacts of resource extraction.  In 2014 and in response to demands from civil society, the Lebanese Petroleum Administration (LPA) released its Strategic Environmental Assessment…

The petroleum sector is a rentier return sector that provides major resources to countries, making it a hotbed of corruption and abuse as it negatively affects the economy and the competitiveness of the rest of the productive sectors. Petroleum resources are characterized by their instability due to their vulnerability to international price variables, which reflects fluctuations in the volume of…

The National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP) for Lebanon, also referred to in this Guidebook as the Plan, was developed in 2016. It addresses the response to oil spills in the Public Maritime Domain including the Territorial Sea, and the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The aim of the NOSCP is to protect human life, the natural resources, as well as…

In 2020, LOGI in partnership with Publish what you pay, worked on developing a citizen guide that aims to simplify the terms and conditions of the “Exploration & Production Agreement” between the Lebanese government and the 1st licensing round winning consortium Total, ENI and Novatek.  This document will allow Lebanese citizens to better understand the content of the contract weather from the relationship…