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Israel signs agreement on gas field shared with Lebanon

Lebanon signed a US-mediated sea border deal with Israel hoping to soon start exploring gas in its southern maritime blocks [File: Mohammed Zaatari/AP Photo]

French oil giant TotalEnergies has said it will soon launch gas exploration activities in the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon’s coast, following a United States-mediated agreement that put an end to a decades-long maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel last month.

According to a statement on Tuesday, TotalEnergies and its partner, Italy’s Eni, signed a framework agreement with Israel that opens up the prospect of exploration in the so-called Qana field.

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