World Energy Research and AuDAX Resources Announce Oil and Gas Exploration Partnership
This is interesting.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Your Excellency, what happened to the April discussions with the World Bank about the Electricity Plan?
Your Excellency,
More than six months have gone by since the above article appeared in the Press. What has happened since?
You were right in affirming that a "coherent five year Plan" must be set up and followed up by all the Ministers who succeed themselves during that period: "un plan coherent suivi de maniere constante sans etre soumis a des modifications chaqque fois qqu'un nouveau ministre est nomme".
But, yourself, your Excellency, why did you set aside Minister Fneich's Plan and why no mention was made of this Plan in your own proposals?
But more importantly, why did you omit to mention the first requirement in that Plan: "updating the audit of EDL accounts that have not been made since 2002 and undertaking a full inventory of all EDL assets and liabilities to date"?
How can you plan to invest some additional five billion dollars without making sure of your base first?
Minister Fneich had estimated at 180 days the task of updating EDL's accounts. If this job had been started in April, it should have been nearly completed by now. The inventory of EDL's assets should not take more than two or three months to complete. Do you agree?
So, what are we waiting for?
Don't you think that the World Bank would feel more inclined to fund the Electricity Project, once these two important tasks are completed?
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
A question to Minister Michel Pharaon - Relationship between Government and Parliament
A few months ago we read with a great deal interest the above article on the subject of the relationship between the government and the parliamentary commissions, as well as your personal experience in that domain.
We are eager to know if any progress has been made in that respect and if you were able to secure more cooperation between the government and the deputies in the matters that are of vital importance to both: Electricity, Agriculture, Industry, Education, Fight against poverty, Environment etc.
Respectfully yours
George Sabat
A question addressed to HE Michel Pharaon, Minister of State regarding the "generator ships"
Your Excellency,
We have read with great interest your opinion on the supply of electricity by means of generators installed on ships that was proposed by HE Gebran Bassil.
We understand that you fear that this process will use unrefined oil that may be harmful to our environment and increase the pollution along our coasts.
The point that you have raised appears to be valid and important. Could you give us some additional technical details and expert opinion to support this view?
We read recently in the press that the project of "generator ships" was approved iu principle by the Council of Ministers and was due to be implemented soon.
The citizens would like to be fully updated on that important subject.
We fear that, apart from this short article in l'Orient Le Jour, we shall no longer hear about it for a long time.
The Reform of the Electricity in Lebanon has been the subject of thousand of studies during the past twenty years without any practical results to date.
This year, we fear that the losses of EDL will probably reach $2 billion considering the price of oil that has constantly hovered around eighty dollars per barrel.
It is high time for the citizens of this country to be told the full truth. Their opinions and their demands should be taken into consideration.
We have already suggested to HE Minister Bassil to appoint a member of his staff at the Ministry of Energy and Hydraulic Resources to receive the enquiries and the demands of the citizens and reply to them, either individually, or through a special "Energy Gazette" that should be published every month by the Ministry.
If you believe that this suggestion is appropriate kindly introduce it to the parliamentary commission concerned for consideration and approval.
We have read with great interest your opinion on the supply of electricity by means of generators installed on ships that was proposed by HE Gebran Bassil.
We understand that you fear that this process will use unrefined oil that may be harmful to our environment and increase the pollution along our coasts.
The point that you have raised appears to be valid and important. Could you give us some additional technical details and expert opinion to support this view?
We read recently in the press that the project of "generator ships" was approved iu principle by the Council of Ministers and was due to be implemented soon.
The citizens would like to be fully updated on that important subject.
We fear that, apart from this short article in l'Orient Le Jour, we shall no longer hear about it for a long time.
The Reform of the Electricity in Lebanon has been the subject of thousand of studies during the past twenty years without any practical results to date.
This year, we fear that the losses of EDL will probably reach $2 billion considering the price of oil that has constantly hovered around eighty dollars per barrel.
It is high time for the citizens of this country to be told the full truth. Their opinions and their demands should be taken into consideration.
We have already suggested to HE Minister Bassil to appoint a member of his staff at the Ministry of Energy and Hydraulic Resources to receive the enquiries and the demands of the citizens and reply to them, either individually, or through a special "Energy Gazette" that should be published every month by the Ministry.
If you believe that this suggestion is appropriate kindly introduce it to the parliamentary commission concerned for consideration and approval.
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