The drilling vessel departs: the well is closed and the results of the samples are awaited. Will Total postpone drilling in Block 9 or withdraw?

On April 26, the Minister of Energy and Water, Raymond Ghajar, announced the end of the drilling process carried out by the company “Total” in Block 4, which achieved priority results that confirm the presence of gas at different depths within the geological layers that have penetrated the well in the area bordering the Lebanese coast (Basin margin area) that makes this area a promising geological region.
The drilling process carried out by the Tungsten Explorer, which demonstrated the results of the absence of gas in this well in commercial quantities, was completed and the existence of the basic elements of a geo-oil system was confirmed. And the similarities and differences between them and what is in the Levantine basin, which improves the understanding of the geological reality on the part of the Lebanese sea. The exploration path is known to be a long path that is interspersed with obstacles, the most important of which is that the prospects for success are low at the beginning of the exploration path, as achieving discovery requires drilling many wells, and Global experiences have shown that the success rate is one of three or four wells that are …

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