Starved of electricity, Lebanon picks Dubai’s ENOC to swap Iraqi fuel – Reuters

  • Date: 27-Aug-2021
  • Source: Reuters
  • Sector:Oil & Gas
  • Country:Lebanon
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Starved of electricity, Lebanon picks Dubai’s ENOC to swap Iraqi fuel – Reuters

BEIRUT, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Lebanon's energy ministry said it had picked Dubai's ENOC in a tender to swap 84,000 tonnes of Iraqi high sulphur fuel oil with 30,000 tonnes of Grade B fuel oil and 33,000 tonnes of gasoil.

ENOC won the tender, part of a deal between the two countries that allows the cash-strapped Lebanese government to pay for 1 million tonnes of Iraqi heavy fuel oil a year in goods and services.

As Lebanon suffers what the World Bank has described as one of the deepest depressions of modern history, shortages of fuel this month have meant state-powered electricity has been available for barely a few hours a day if at all.