Hamieh meets TotalEnergies’ La Martiniere: We will provide facilities for Total in concerned departments

Hamieh meets TotalEnergies’ La Martiniere: We will provide facilities for Total in concerned departments

NNA – Caretaker Minister of Public Works and Transportation, Ali Hamieh, on Friday held a meeting with TotalEnergies Director General of Exploration and Production, Romain De La Martiniere, to discuss the steps taken by the departments affiliated to the ministry in the oil and gas exploration file in Lebanon.

During the meeting, the minister pointed out that all the facilities required by Total both at Beirut Port and at the airport are being developed and coordinated within all the concerned departments.

"Instructions have been given to them in advance to secure everything TotalEnergies needs, especially with regard to securing the appropriate and necessary facilities and procedures required by the company, within the framework of the laws in force, with the objective of allowing these two facilities to be up to date with the oil and gas exploration file that the company will carry out in block n°9, so that they are fully prepared to play their role,” Hamieh explained.

In turn, De La Martiniere expressed his appreciation for what he had learned from Minister Hamieh "in terms of preparation to comply with all the facilities and procedures requested by Total at the port and at the airport," stressing that "constant communication with the ministry