Berri accuses Israel of stealing gas from Lebanon

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berri defA senior Lebanese politician has accused Israel of stealing Lebanon’s underwater gas resources according to a report by the Lebanese al-Akhbar newspaper.

Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri said in comments published on Monday, that Israel has started siphoning gas from one of Lebanon’s maritime reserves in an area close to its southern border with Israel.

Berri said his information was “almost confirmed,” and originated from an unnamed “international scientist.”

Lebanon has been slow to exploit its maritime resources, compared with other eastern Mediterranean countries. Israel, Cyprus and Turkey are all much more advanced in drilling for oil and gas.

Berri said that the Lebanese government had been “careless” in dealing with its gas resources and vowed to “do everything I can to activate this file by the beginning of the new year.”

A zone of some 854 square kilometers of gas and oil worth billions of dollars is disputed by Lebanon and Israel.

In March 2010, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated a mean of 1.7 billion barrels of recoverable oil and a mean of 34.5 trillion cubic meters of recoverable gas in the Levant Basin in the eastern Mediterranean, which includes the territorial waters of Lebanon, Israel, Syria and Cyprus.

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13 responses to “Berri accuses Israel of stealing gas from Lebanon”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar

    Oh, Sorry Berri … I HAD mentioned a couple of years ago you can drill sideways, and do it from shore if you want, to extract oil or whatever … Seems Israel was reading my posts. I know you guys don’t.
    But hey, considering the way the Leb Government works on getting an infrastructure ‘plan’ in place – (last estimate I heard was 20 more years to be drilling for the gas) – maybe you should just ‘make a deal’ and get a cheap rate on buying that gas for the ‘New Electric-Generating Station’ …. you know the one you are building .. errr … somewhere? Work WITH Israel on this. Ok?
    Maybe some of the folks could even go down there to get a job.
    Meanwhile, consider the solar stations on those bald mountains ….

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar

        Beauty Map … thumb up. 🙂
        So, the Israelis are only sucking gas out to sell it? And like the Yanks, using up everyone else’s first? What a plan. :-))
        (now I’m researching best nude beaches ….)

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar

          Newest story in Daily Star …. apparently they’ve been sucking it out for 7 years. 😉

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