LEBANON
 
Lebanese Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, issued a call this week for the country to license all 10 offshore blocks in the country’s first ever bid round. Mr Berri, veteran political leader and head of the Shi’a Amal Movement, has been highly influential as Lebanon prepared for its first offshore licensing round for oil and gas exploration.
 
Mr Berri seconded Lebanon’s Minister of Energy and Water, Gebran Bassil, who has called for a meeting...