East Mediterranean Petroleum: Geopolitical Dimensions
Contributors:
Edited by
:
Walid Khadduri
Publisher: 
Institute for Palestine Studies
Publication Year: 
2015
Language: 
Arabic
Number of Pages: 
137
Keywords: 
الموارد الهيدروكربوينة
الأبعاد الجيوسياسية
الغاز
الصناعات النفطية
النفط
البترول
لبنان
قبرص
غاز شرق المتوسط
حوض ليفانت
المنطقة الاقتصادية
حقل غزة مارين
حقل رنتيس
الاكتشافات النفطية
النفط في لبنان
النفط في سورية
النفط في فلسطين
النفط في إسرائيل
النفط في قبرص
TABLE OF CONTENT
Abstract

This book is a series of studies on petroleum in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin presented by researchers specialized in the energy field in the Arab countries and the region during a seminar organized by the Institute for Palestine Studies in Beirut on December 19, 2014. It is intended to be the first one in a series of seminars on this issue in the coming years.

The scientific seminar addressed the topic of petroleum (especially gas) exploration in the Mediterranean waters  and the questions it raises in Arab circles. It also discussed the issue of the development of petroleum industry, which is a lengthy endeavor that requires a lot of time at the levels of exploration, development of fields, the start of production, the meeting of domestic demand for energy, and the construction of high-cost projects to export oil and gas to world markets, as well as the repercussions on the Arab-Israeli conflict.

The seminar was attended by Rabih Yaghi, Lebanese Parliament's Energy Committee adviser, Dr. Ibrahim Zahran, petroleum expert specialized in the assessment and development of oil fields, Dr. Mohammad Mustafa, former Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister, Wissam Dahabi, member of the Lebanese Petroleum Association, David Friedman, news editor specialized in oil, Samer Khalaf, CEO of Middle East and Africa Organization in BP Neftagaz Services B. V, Dr. Marwan Iskandar, economic researcher and adviser, and Dr. Walid Khaddouri, member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Palestine Studies and energy expert, who organized the seminar and edited the book. The studies also addressed the issues of energy and conflicts over borders in Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Syria, Egypt, Turkey and Cyprus.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Walid Khadduri was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1942. He holds a bachelor's degree in social sciences from Michigan State University (1963), a PhD in international relations from Johns Hopkins University, Washington (1972), a master's degree in international law from Rice University, Texas (1964), and a master's degree in Jewish and Israeli studies from New York University (1969-1970). He was Editor-in-chief and Managing Director of Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) - a weekly journal specialized in oil and economic issues - in Nicosia, Cyprus, 1981-2004, then consultant at MEES based in Beirut, Lebanon (2007). He was Editor of the Economic Section of the Arab daily Al-Hayat, Beirut, Lebanon (2004-2006), and head of the Information Department at OPEC-Kuwait (1975-1980). He was appointed instructor at the Department of Political Sciences-Kuwait University (1973-1975), and Director of research at the Institute for Palestine Studies, Beirut (1970-1973).

Table of Contents
قائمة الخرائط والجداول والرسوم البيانية
تقديم
مقدمة
حوض ليفانت: الموارد الهيدروكربونية والأبعاد الجيوسياسية
الغاز المصري بين التصدير والاستيراد
البترول والغاز الطبيعي في فلسطين: الإمكانات والمعوقات
الغاز الطبيعي في إسرائيل: تطور الاكتشافات ومجالات التصدير
لبنان: دورة التراخيص الأولى لاستكشاف وإنتاج النفط والغاز في المياه البحرية اللبنانية
جيوسياسية الغاز في قبرص
النفط والغاز البحري السوري
الخريف العربي في سنة 2020
الأبعاد الجيوسياسية لغاز شرق المتوسط