Offshore Lebanon Block 4 Exploration Test Planned By Total
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Total is scheduling oil and gas exploration in offshore Lebanon’s territorial waters in Block 4. The Paris-based company plans to use exploration at Block 4 to test the northward extension of Oligocene and Miocene sandstones (Tamar Sands) found in offshore Israel’s Leviathan and Tamar fields. Block 9 also has possible reserves in its carbonate limestone formations, similar in geology to offshore Egypt’s Zohr Field and Cyprus’s Calypso prospect. Total was awarded 40% interest and operatorship of Block 4 in 2018 in partnership with Eni, with 40%, and Novatek, with the remaining 20%.
Description
Total is scheduling oil and gas exploration in offshore Lebanon’s territorial waters in Block 4. The Paris-based company plans to use exploration at Block 4 to test the northward extension of Oligocene and Miocene sandstones (Tamar Sands) found in offshore Israel’s Leviathan and Tamar fields. Block 9 also has possible reserves in its carbonate limestone formations, similar in geology to offshore Egypt’s Zohr Field and Cyprus’s Calypso prospect. Total was awarded 40% interest and operatorship of Block 4 in 2018 in partnership with Eni, with 40%, and Novatek, with the remaining 20%.