The Future of Petroleum in Lebanon : Energy, Politics and Economic Growth (Paperback)

Introduction and Acknowledgements Size of the Reserves 1.Estimating the Size of the Levantine East Mediterranean Hydrocarbon Basin Ata Richard Elias, American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon Governance of the Sector 2.Carving Out a Role for Parliament in the Lebanese Oil and Gas Sector Sami Atallah and Nancy Ezzeddine, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS), Lebanon 3.Spoils of Oil? Assessing and Mitigating the Risks of Corruption in Lebanon's Emerging Offshore Petroleum Sector Reinoud Leenders, King's College London, UK 4.Establishing a National Oil Company in Lebanon Valerie Marcel, Chatham House, UK Management and Licensing 5.Licensing and Upstream Petroleum Fiscal Regimes: Assessing Lebanon's Choices Carole Nakhle, Crystol Energy, UK 6.Lebanon's Gas Trading Options Bassam Fattouh and Laura El-Katiri, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, UK 7.Managing Oil and Gas Revenues in Lebanon Bassam Fattouh and Lavan Mahadeva, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, UK 8.The Case for a Sovereign Development Fund in Lebanon Sami Atallah, LCPS, Lebanon, Adeel Malik, University of Oxford, UK, and Alexandra Tohme, LCPS, Lebanon Impact and Implications 9.Macroeconomic Implications of Windfall Oil and Gas Revenues in Lebanon Jad Chaaban, AUB, Lebanon, and Jana Harb, LCPS, Lebanon 10. How Will Oil Affect Lebanon's Export Opportunities? Zeina Hasna, LCPS, Lebanon 11. Strengthening Environmental Governance of the Oil and Gas Sector in Lebanon Ricardo Khoury and Dima Alhaj, Earth Link and Advanced Resources Development, Lebanon Public Input 12. What Do Citizens Want from Oil and Gas Revenues? Sami Atallah, LCPS, Lebanon, Daniel Garrote Sanchez, LCPS, Lebanon, Zeina Hawa, LCPS, Lebanon, Leslie Marshall, University of Pittsburgh, USA and Laura Paler, University of Pittsburgh, USA