THE OIL & GAS FORUM“ROADMAP”

TUESDAY MARCH 7, 2017ESA BUSINESS SCHOOL, BEIRUT

THE OIL & GAS FORUM“ROADMAP”

Under the Patronage ofThe President of the Council of Ministers

H.E. Mr. Saad Hariri

TUESDAY MARCH 7, 2017ESA BUSINESS SCHOOL, BEIRUT

How would a roadmap for the Oil & Gas sector in Lebanon look like?

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On behalf of Front Page Communication, we are delighted to welcome you to the 4th edition of the Oil & Gas Lebanon’s National Wealth® Forum.

We extend our special thanks and appreciation to The President of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon, His Excellency Mr. Saad Hariri, for his patronage of the forum, and for gracing it with his notable presence and speech, let alone his key opening word contributed to this booklet.

Our thanks also go to the Session Presidents, the Honor Guest Speaker, and the Keynote Speaker, as well as to our distinguished Session Speakers and Moderators, let alone our select Audience. For they’ll contribute insights so beneficial to the emerging Oil & Gas industry in Lebanon.

Moreover, we reserve a big recognition to our sponsoring and support Partners, as well as to the local, regional, and international Media which will cover our event, in particular those which were so embracing as to take extra miles with us.

As you know, the Council of Ministers approved on 4th January 2017 the two awaited decrees that define the country’s maritime blocks, and specify the conditions for the Exploration & Production (E&P) tenders and contracts.

It was later announced that five of the ten maritime blocks (No. 1, 4, 8, 9, 10) will be tendered in the first E&P licensing round.

A Word of Welcome from

FRONT PAGE COMMUNICATIONMoreover, the Lebanese Government filed a request to join the international Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) which promotes public awareness about how countries manage their oil, gas, and mineral resources

Since 2014, Front Page Communication has been organizing forums on Oil and Gas purposed around enlightening the Lebanese public and the academic youth on this most vital national issue, and around managing their expectations as well.

With “Roadmap” as its umbrella theme, today’s forum comes very timely by virtue of the passing of the two Oil & Gas decrees in January. Its speeches, debates, and recommendations will certainly help in drawing a roadmap for the sector moving forward.

As with the preceding three, this forum features Lebanese and international personalities delivering substantive interventions to an audience comprised of key players from various sectors concerned, in addition to representatives of the country’s civil society, and university students.

Thank you All for helping to turn this forum into a major international event. Until we meet again at the next forum which we’ll organize after the awards of the first licensing round are announced, we say: Welcome again, and let’s enjoy today’s knowledge sharing and networking.

Camille MenassaChairman

Mustapha AssadCEO

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A Word from H.E. Prime Minister

SAAD HARIRIThe President of the Council of Ministers

In the years 2000 to 2002, geophysical service companies performed two-dimensional multi-client surveys within Lebanon’s maritime Exclusive Economic Zone. Afterwards a geological and geophysical study was performed in 2004 to determine the hydrocarbon potential offshore Lebanon. The results revealed high prospectivity for the presence of hydrocarbon reserves under our seabed.

Furthermore, Lebanon has put in place a modern policy and regulations for the exploitation of the offshore hydrocarbon resources.

The Offshore Petroleum Resources Law No. 132 was ratified on 24 August 2010. It sets the foundations for ensuring prudent production of hydrocarbons, while providing long term investment incentives, and a sustainable revenue management mechanism adopting the establishment of a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF).

Since then, the work undertaken by the Lebanese Petroleum Administration (LPA), as well as the extensive work undertaken by the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Environment, ministerial committees, and

medium term, power generation would benefit from switching from the liquid fuel to natural gas and additional power generation could run on natural gas. As a result, the burden on the budget will lessen given that Lebanon imports the majority of its energy needs and power-cuts would cease.

Thus exploiting the hydrocarbon resources would secure long-term, cleaner and cheaper, energy for the national demand, with potential for exporting gas to neighboring countries and regions via the Arab Gas pipeline.

Lebanese industries will benefit from the switch to natural gas as it will lead to a decrease in their costs of production. The transportation sector will also benefit from natural gas, especially the public sector.

Another advantage would be the local service industry that will provide goods and services to petroleum operations during exploration, development and operation phases.

On the short term, the Lebanese petroleum sector will lead to job creation mostly in the development phase.

the Parliament, prepared the grounds for this sectorto emerge.

On January 4, 2017 the Council of Ministers passed two pending decrees related to the Tender Protocol and Model contract as well as block delineation and I am happy to announce that the Council of Ministers will be soon adopting the draft taxation law for petroleum activities and sending it to the Parliament and by this the regulatory framework will be completed and the first offshore licensing round is firmly relaunched to attract the best reputable International Oil Companies.

The direct benefit of using the natural gas in the domestic market would result in reducing the large financial and operating losses. Meeting the domestic forecasted gas deman should be the top priority in the government policy. In the

In the context, the nascent oil & gas sector in Lebanon should be taken as an opportunity to build a strong, inclusive and sustainable economy.

We are keen on setting a national energy policy; one that dovetails with Lebanon’s economic, social, geopolitical and developmental policies, and is characterized by governance and accountability. Cutting across all Downstream, Midstream, and Upstream aspects of the Oil & Gas industry, such an energy policy and governance would address education, vocational training, scientific research, revenue management, corporate governance and transparency, as well as issues related to the environment and public health.

Moreover on January 25th, 2017, The Cabinet declared the intention of Lebanon to join the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) which is a multi-stakeholder initiative that offers civil society a seat at the table and empowers them to actively contribute to governing their national wealth. It is the tool that the government has placed in civil society’s hands so that the latter can have general oversight of the oil and gas sector.

January 4, 2017 the two pending Oil & Gas Governmental decrees were passed by the Council of Ministers. How would a roadmap for the Oil & Gas sector in Lebanon look like?

Under the Patronage ofThe President of the Council of Ministers

H. E. Mr. Saad HaririOIL & GAS LEBANON’S NATIONAL WEALTH®

“ROADMAP”BEIRUT - LEBANON | March 7, 2017

09:00 – 10:00GET-TOGETHER & REGISTRATION

10:00 - 10:20 SEATING

NATIONAL ANTHEM

10:30 - 10:35ESA & MEREF - CCI WELCOMEMr. Stéphane AttaliDean-Director General, ESA Business School

10:35 - 10:40ORGANIZERS’ WELCOMEMr. Camille MenassaChairman, Front Page Communication

10:40 – 11:00PATRON’S OPENING NOTESH.E. Mr. Saad HaririPresident Of The Council Of Ministers Of Lebanon

11:00 – 11:10TRIBUTE TO H.E. MR. SAAD HARIRIPresident Of The Council Of Ministers Of Lebanon

11:20 – 11:35HONOR GUEST’S SPEECHOVERVIEW OF THE GLOBAL GAS MARKETH.E. Mr. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-AttiyahChairman Of Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah International Foundation For Energy & Sustainable Development, Former Deputy Prime Minister And Minister Of Energy And Industry - Qatar

11:35 – 11:45LEBANON FUTURE ENERGY OUTLOOKH.E. Mr. César Abi KhalilMinister Of Energy And Water

11:45 – 12:30KEYNOTE SPEECHTHE NEW OIL & GAS ENVIRONMENT, AND TOTAL’S MODUS OPERANDIMr. Stéphane MichelMENA President, TotalPerspectives on:- The new oil and gas environment;

challenges and opportunities- Total strategy- Total and MENA, a longstanding

partnership, recent achievements

Q/A

12:30 – 13:30 SESSION 1OIL, GAS, AND PERSPECTIVES- The international Oil & Gas market,

and perspectives.- Country case studies on natural gas as

a major source of electricity generation.- Plus: Where the use of renewable

energy and energy efficiency fit in the equation.

Session President:H.E. Mr. Michel Pharaon,Minister Of State For PlanningSpeakers:- Dr. Pierre TerzianPresident & CEO, Petrostrategies- Prof. Dr. Gürkan Kumbaroğlu President, Turkish Association For Energy Economics- Dr. Jean BurrusChairman & CEO, BEICIP-FRANLAB- Mr. Matt DrinkwaterSenior Editor Natural Gas, Power And LNG - Argus Media

Q/A

13:30 – 14:30 LUNCH

14:30 – 15:15 SESSION 2TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL ENERGY POLICYSpeakers:- Dr. Nasser HoteitBoard Member, The Lebanese Petroleum Administration (LPA)- Ms. Alia MoubayedGeoeconomics & Strategy Program Director – International Institute For Strategic Studies (IISS), London- Dr. Stephan ResslBoard Member And Co-Head Of Energy Department – European Academy Of The RegionsModerator: Mr. Jean-Paul SabbaghLecturer at Sciences-Po, Paris

Q/A

15:15 – 16:00 SESSION 3THE IMPACT OF THE PASSING OF THE TWO OIL & GAS DECREES, AND THE MINISTRY OF ENERGY & WATER’S ROADMAP- The Government decree on

delineating the maritime blocks which will be put up for tender:The adopted progressive licensing policy for the blocks, starting with five out of ten.Plus: Timeframe and set milestones for this “Phase 1”.

- The Government decree on the model contract for Exploration & Production (E&P) and for proceeds-sharing between the State and the oil companies.Plus: Oil & Gas Public Tenders: Issues of Process (Best practice), and Transparency (Adhesion of Lebanon to the International Extractive Industry Initiative- IETI).

- The Tax Law relating to petroleum activities.

- Environmental issues.

Speakers:- H. E. Mr. Yassine JaberFormer Minister; Member Of Parliament- Mr. Wissam ChbatPresident, The Lebanese Petroleum Administration (LPA)- Mr. Malek TakieddinePartner, Al Jad LLP (CMS Group)Moderator: Ms. Diana KaissyMENA & Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator, Publish What You Pay

Q/A

16:00 – 16:30 COFFEE BREAK

16:30 – 17:15 SESSION 4INVESTMENT, OPPORTUNITIES, AND ECONOMIC MODEL FOR OIL & GAS- Investment opportunities from

revenue usage and revenue management perspectives.

- Opportunities in Exploration & Production from an Investment Banking perspective.

- Corporate Banking support to clients (IOCs) and their operations in the Upstream, Oil Field Services & Midstream subsectors.

- Managing the dialogue with external stakeholders.

- Building an Oil & Gas Exploration Model.Speakers:- Dr. Alain BifaniDirector General, Ministry Of Finance, Lebanon- Mrs. Joëlle AssouadManaging Director Equity Capital Markets, Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB), Paris- Mr. Roger MelkiEconomist And ConsultantModerator: Dr. Samir NasrChairman & CEO, ECE Consultants

Q/A

17:15 – 18:15 SESSION 5 DEBATE AND RECOMMENDATIONSAll SpeakersModerator: Mrs. Nina dos SantosCNNMoney EUROPE EDITOR

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MR. STÉPHANE ATTALIDean-Director General, ESA Business SchoolChairman of the MEREF - CCI

Stéphane Attali graduated from Paris Dauphine University and Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). After starting his professional career in the private sector in a consulting firm in Paris, he joined the International Department of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris (CCIP) in 1999. From 2002 to 2007, He was posted to Beirut at the Ecole Supérieure des Affaires (ESA), Business school created by Lebanese and French governments and managed by the CCIP. He has been in charge of the development of academical programs as for as programs for ESA Executive Education. Then he joined ESCP Europe, Graduate school of Management of the CCIP as Deputy Managing Director in charge of general affairs.

In January 2009, Stéphane Attali was appointed Dean-Director General of the ESA Business School in Beirut.

Stéphane Attali is also the chairman of the MEREF - CCI (Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie - Movement of French Enterprises and Economic representations in Lebanon) established in 2008 at the initiative of French and Lebanese companies directors, with the support of the Economic Mission of the French Embassy in Lebanon.

The MEREF - CCI currently has over one hundred members and regularly hosts various meetings and events in Lebanon.

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MR. CAMILLE MENASSAChairman Front Page Communication

With over 50 years of experience in the world of media, Camille Gabriel Menassa had a distinguished career with leading press, Radio and TV organizations. He is currently the Chairman of “Front Page Communication S.A.L.”, an Integrated Marketing & Communication Agency and International Vice President for the Near East of “L'Union Internationale des Journalistes et de la Presse Francophone" (U.P.F).

He started his career as a journalist in 1957 at L'Orient newspaper, before moving to ORTF (“Office de la Radio et de la Télévision Française”) as a Middle East correspondent.

From 1960 to 1971, Menassa was Editor-in-Chief of the Lebanese Television, the first TV station in the region and President of the “Centre du Cinema et de la Télévision” (1961-1967) which is affiliated to the Ministry of Information.

From 1967 to 1971, he became Head of Programs Unit at Radio-Liban and the Middle East correspondent of Radio Monte Carlo – Europe – (1967-1976) and the ABC American TV Network (1970-1972). In 1971, he was appointed administrative manager of “Media Press”, the advertising unit of “An Nahar” and “L’Orient-Le Jour” newspapers. Subsequently, he became the administrative director of “L'Orient-

Le Jour” and founder & chairman of “Les Editions L’Orient-Le Jour” publishing company. He was also President of the Lebanese section of “L'Union Internationale des Journalistes de la Presse Francophone”, “President of the Lebanese Businessmen Association” (RDCL), and President of the “Beirut Rotary Club”. From TV stations to newspapers publishing, Menassa played a vital role in the media world. He was founder and Editor-in-chief for six years at Murr TV (MTV), News and Political Programs from 1995 to 2001. Menassa is a member of the “Lebanese Press Order Board” and member of the “Islamic-Christian Dialogue” Committee. He is a lecturer in Communication and Journalism, MBA Level at the Faculty of Human Sciences, Saint Joseph University and a lecturer in the Lebanese University - Faculty of Journalism.

Menassa holds a Bachelor of Law from Saint Joseph University, Beirut.

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H.E. MR. ABDULLAH BIN HAMAD AL-ATTIYAHChairman of Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah International Foundation for Energy and Sustainable Development, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry

Born in Qatar in 1952, H.E. Al-Attiyah has more than 40 years of experience in the energy industry and has served in a variety of senior leadership positions within the government of Qatar.

In 1992, H.E. Al-Attiyah was appointed Minister of Energy & Industry and Chairman and Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum, before being entrusted with the additional responsibility of Second Deputy Prime Minister in 2003. He was elected as Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) in 2006; Then H.E. was elevated to Deputy Prime Minister, and in 2011 was appointed Chief of the Amiri Diwan. Afterword, H.E. held the presidency of the Administrative Control and transparency Authority in the State of Qatar, and then he took over the presidency of the 18th Session of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, known as the (COP18/CMP18) hosted by the Qatari in 2012. H.E. also participated in many important International and Regional Conferences.

During his illustrious career H.E received many accolades and awards. On 20 December 2011 H.E. was honored by H.H.

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar at the time with the Necklace of Independence, and also awarded him the degree of the Prime Minister. H.E. received the Grand Cordon in Orange Nassau conferred by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Kingdom of Netherlands, and the Order of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from the Emperor of Japan. H.E. received a badge of honor (Médaille d'honneur) from the President of the French Republic - the rank of a senior officer in 2014, and the Order of the Lebanese national rice as an officer in the year 2000, and the Lebanese Order of Merit of the first class in 2005, and the Order of the Faculty Graduates Engineering from the American University of Beirut in 2006.

H.E. was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Texas A&M in May 2011, and an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Torvergata, Italy on February 11, 2016.

MR. MUSTAPHA ASSADCEO Front Page Communication

Mustapha Assad managed the Pharaon the pioneering advertising agency in the Arab World (1968-69), headed advertising department of Al Usbu Al Arabi and Magazine for four years. In 1973 he became the majority partner in the PUBLI-GRAPHICS agency. Agency grew to 27 operation throughout the region Amman, Bahrain, Beirut, Cairo, Doha, Dubai, Istanbul Jeddah, Kuwait, Riyadh and Tehran as well as the specialized communication divisions, Headline PR (Public Relations and Sponsorships), Optimedia Media Agencies, Dialog (Below the Line), Eworks (Electronic and Digital) and PG events Division. In 1999, Publicis Group the 4th largest communication group in the world, entered into an equity partnership with Publi-Graphics Group, the agency was known as PUBLICIS GRAPHICS.

Mustapha Assad has been an active and dedicated player in the IAA, Board Director since 1984, President of the Lebanon Chapter from 1984-86, Senior Vice-President/World President Elect from 1990-1992 and World President of the International Advertising Association

(IAA) in September 1992 at the 33rd World Advertising Congress in Barcelona. He ended his term at the World Congress in Cancun May 94, at which time he was appointed Chairman of the newly formed “Former World Presidents Council”. He was awarded the IAA Medal of Merit in 1986, as well as many other awards.

In June 2012, stepped down from Publicis Graphics Group. In 2014, Mustapha Assad became the Chief Executive Officer of the PR Agency “Front Page Communication”.

Mustapha Assad is Officer in the "National Order of the Lion" (Senegal) and Officer in the "National Order of the Cedar" (Lebanon).

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MR. STÉPHANE MICHELDirector Middle East - North Africa Total

Stéphane Michel was appointed as Director Middle East / North Africa on April 1, 2014.

A graduate of “L’Ecole Polytechnique” [Polytechnic School] (1994) and “L’Ecole des Mines de Paris” [Mines School of Paris] (1997), Stéphane Michel is “Ingénieur en chef du Corps des Mines” [Chief Engineer of the Mines Corps].

After occupying the position of Technical Advisor in charge of Energy at the French Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industry, Stéphane Michel joined Total Group in 2005 as Responsible for Development and Supply at the Refining & Marketing Directorate – Asia Pacific, based in Singapore.

Stéphane Michel was appointed Joint Venture and Business Development Manager of Total E&P Qatar in 2008, then General Manager of the affiliate company Total E&P Lybia in 2010.

In 2011, Stéphane Michel was appointed General Manager of the affiliate company Total E&P Qatar.

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H.E. MR. CÉSAR ABI KHALILMinister of Energy and WaterLebanese Republic

César Abi Khalil was born in the Aley town of Blaybel on August 17, 1971. He graduated in Civil Engineering from Saint Joseph University (USJ), then started his career in Beirut. He has been a member of the Lebanese Engineers Association in Beirut since 1995.

As an activist in the ranks of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) since 1989, he was the President of the student body at USJ’s Faculty of Engineering for the FPM in 1993 and 1994, and a member of the engineers’ body within the FPM since its foundation until 2009. He was also responsible within the FPM for the dossier of the displaced between 2005 and 2010.

He occupied since 2009 the position of Advisor to the Minister of Energy and Water, and is since January 2017 the Minister of Energy and Water.

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OIL, GAS, AND PERSPECTIVES• The international Oil & Gas market,

and perspectives.• Country case studies on natural

gas as a major source of electricity generation.

• Plus: Where the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency fit in the equation.

Session President:H.E. Mr. MICHEL PHARAON

Speakers:• Dr. Pierre Terzian• Prof. Dr. Gürkan Kumbaroğlu• Dr. Jean Burrus• Mr. Matt Drinkwater

Session 01

H.E. MR. MICHEL PHARAONState Minister of PlanningLebanese Republic

Born in Beirut in June 1959, he has an MA in economic sciences and business administration "Dauphine University" Paris IX.

Minister of State for Planning Affairs since December 2016. Minister of Tourism from February 2014 till December 2016. Minister of State for Parliamentary affairs from November 2009 till June 2011, from July 2005 till July 2008 and from October 2000 till April 2003. Member of Parliament, Deputy of Beirut since 1996.

Chairman of the board of Libano-Suisse Insurance Company, Delta Near East, Pharaon Holding, and Murex Holding. Member of the board of GlobeMed, le Commerce du Levant and Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International.

Mr. Pharaon is also Vice president of the executive committee of the superior council of the Greek Catholics, member of Trustees of Patriarchal School and founder of the free health care center at "St Sauveur".

@MichelPharaon @michelpharaon

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DR. PIERRE TERZIANPresident & CEO Petrostratégies

Dr. Pierre Terzian is President of PETROSTRATEGIES S.A., a Paris-based consulting and publishing firm specialized in energy issues, established in 1985. He is editor in chief of PETROSTRATEGIES (weekly) and EUROP'ENERGIES (monthly) newsletters specialized in oil, gas and electricity issues. He holds a doctorate in Petroleum Economics from the Université de Paris I (Panthéon Sorbonne).

From 1976 to 1985, he was Deputy Director of the Arab Petroleum Research Center, Paris.

From 1982 to 1987, he lectured in Petroleum Economics (subjects: E&P contracts; OPEC) at the Université de Grenoble, France.

From 1983 to 1984, he advised state-owned DEP on oil and exploration matters in Greece.

In 1990 and 1991, he conducted a series of studies on behalf of the French Ministry of Finance on refining and petroleum product distribution in France, in view of the forthcoming liberalization of European markets.

From 1992 to 1997 he acted as an advisor to the Armenian government on energy issues.

In 1997, the French Commissariat Général du Plan commissioned him to study the outlook for natural gas in France’s energy strategy for the period 2010-2020.

He was also a special invited foreign expert at the working group on the 2030 Energy Plan of the Kingdom of Belgium

Since 1985, he is adviser of various energy companies.

Dr. Terzian has published three books:• Prices, Revenues and Oil E&P Contracts

in Arab Countries and Iran, 1982• OPEC, the Inside Story , 1983• Le gaz naturel, perspectives pour 2010-

2020, 1998

Honors• Order of Francisco Miranda, President

of the Republic, Venezuela, April 1989• Special Distinction of the President

of the Republic, Armenia, September 1996

• Order of Mekhitar Hératsi, President of the Republic, Armenia, May 2004

• Order of Gregory the Great, Pope Benedicts XVI, Vatican, February 2010

Born in 1948, Dr. Terzian is a Lebanese and French national. He is married; one son.

PROF. DR. GÜRKAN KUMBAROĞLUImmediate Past President, International Association For Energy Economics /President, Turkish Association for Energy Economics

Professor Kumbaroğlu is immediate Past President of the International Association for Energy Economics IAEE, and President of the Turkish Association for Energy Economics. He is Director and Chairman of the Board of the Energy Policy Research Center at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey. He is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Director of the Energy Systems Modeling Laboratory at Boğaziçi University, and has been a Visiting Researcher and Professor throughout different universities worldwide including the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, RWTH Aachen University, the University of Sao Paulo, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the University of Campinas, and the University of Port Harcourt.

Professor Kumbaroğlu is an Editorial Board member of the journa ls Sustainabil ity, Innovative Energy Policies, and Journal of Self-Governance and Management Economics. He has received several international awards, published numerous articles and book chapters on energy economics, policy and sustainability.

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DR. JEAN BURRUSChairman and CEO Beicip-Franlab

Dr. Burrus is Chairman and CEO of Beicip-Franlab, the IFP Group Consultancy and Software editor. He graduated in 1980 from Ecole des Mines de Paris and holds a Doctorate degree in from Ecole des Mines de Paris. He taught Mathematics at the Institut Algérien du Pétrole (Boumerdès) before joining IFP in 1982 as a researcher in quantitative geoscience. He pioneered the development of petroleum system analysis techniques, a technology used worldwide today for petroleum system analysis. He became in 1992 Head of the Geology-Geochemistry Division of IFP and Head of the Reservoir Engineering Division of IFP in 1995. He joined Beicip-Franlab as Technical Director in 1999. He has been Chairman and CEO of Beicip-Franlab since 2010. Jean Burrus has published more than fifty papers in geology, petroleum system models and quantitative geoscience. He is the recipient of the Prix Barbier of the French Geological Society. He is a member of various professional societies including AAPG, SPE, SGF etc.

MR. MATT DRINKWATERSenior Editor Natural Gas, Power and LNGArgus Media

Matt Drinkwater is senior editor for European gas, power and LNG at Argus Media. He has reported on the energy markets for over a decade, and before that wrote about business and investment in the Middle East.

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@matt.h2o

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TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY Speakers:

• Dr. Nasser Hoteit• Ms. Alia Moubayed• Dr. Stephan Ressl

Moderator:• Mr. Jean-Paul Sabbagh

Session 02

DR. NASSER HOTEITBoard Member Lebanese Petroleum Administration

Nasser Hoteit has been involved in Energy Sector (Nuclear, Oil and Gas) for 32 years.

He started as researcher and engineer in Petroleum and Mining Sector with major European Petroleum Company. Afterward, he joined the nuclear industry as Geoscientist and head of Geosciences Directorate. His activities revolved around R&D that contributed in driving forward the knowledge of Conventional and Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources.

In Parallel, Dr. Hoteit was board member of European Nuclear public agency and senior expert at the European Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

After Nuclear, He joined back the petroleum industry to become Expert and Technical Authority for Onshore and Offshore Gas fields’ development in Arctic regions.

On the other hands, Dr. Hoteit has initiated several patents and has authored

numerous scientific publications. During his industrial career, Dr. Hoteit has also acted as Professor at Paris, Stockholm and Saint Petersburg Mining Schools and Paris and Grenoble Polytechnic Schools.

He studied in different universities Polytechnic School, Alaska University and HEC-Paris. He has engineering degree, MPhil, PhD and MBA.

In 2014, Dr. Hoteit was the President of the Lebanese Petroleum Authority (LPA). He is currently Board Member of the Lebanese Petroleum Authority and Lecturer and Researcher in Energy at University Saint Joseph and American University of Beirut.

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@nasser.hoteit

@nasserhoteit

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MS. ALIA MOUBAYEDGeoconomics & Strategy, Program DirectorInternational Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

She is the Director of the Geo-economics and Strategy Program (GEP) at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London since January 2017, where she is responsible for analysing the interplay between economics and geopolitics at the global level and providing analysis to governments and corporates. Prior to IISS, Alia worked as Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa region at Barclays Bank in London where she produced high quality economic and geopolitical analysis and investment advice and represented Barclays in international fora. She joined Barclays in October 2008 from the World Bank where she worked for six years as a senior economist responsible for research and policy dialogue covering several countries in Europe and Central Asia, as well as Indonesia. Prior to that, she held policy responsibilities in various economic institutions of the Government of Lebanon for more than six years: she was chief of section at the Banque du Liban, then advisor to the Minister of Economy and Trade and Minister of Industry and finally Managing

Director of the Economic and Social Fund for Development at the Council for Development and Reconstruction. Alia holds a BA in Economics with distinction and an MBA from the American University of Beirut and a Master equivalent in Public Policy and Public Administration from the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) in France. She has co-authored several reports and publications and her commentary has featured in the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, CNN, Bloomberg, CNBC, Sky News, the BBC, Al Arabiya, CNBC Arabia, Sky News Arabia, Asharq Al-Awsat, An Nahar, AL-Iktissad wal-Aamal, L’orient le jour, and other regional and international outlets.

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DR. STEPHAN RESSLBoard Member and Co-Head of Energy DepartmentEuropean Academy of the Regions

Dipl. Ing. Dr Stephan Ressl has a degree in mechanical engineering from TU-Vienna and a subsequent PhD focusing on economics and industrial policy. He specialised in energy related issues like consultancy and management services.

Through his company he is stakeholder of several energy related start-ups since late 2016. He has been recently elected into the Board of the Association: European Academy of Regions and serves a sCo-chair energy.

Until June 2016 he worked for the European Commission (Sec Gen SRSS) as the resident energy advisor to Cyprus authorities. Prior to the above position, besides active in consultancy he was partner and Managing Director in Mithras-Clean Energy GmbH, Mithras Clean Energy Italia srl and Wattpic Energia Intelligent focusing on solar energy projects. He founded his independent activity in October 2008. He joined Econgas/OMV Group as Head of Business Development in June 2006

and was responsible for strategy, internal and external business development including strategic projects, new markets and regulatory affairs. He served also as Vice Chairman of EFET Gas and in the Easee-Gas Board of Directors.

Before he worked in the European Commission DG TREN C-2 for more than two years, dealing mainly with gas market liberalisation items and the creation of the energy community. He worked for GTE as Vice Executive Secretary from 2002 to 2004 after having joined OMV in late 2001. He was previously project manager to set up the Austrian Energy Exchange EXAA and the Austrian Balancing Energy Agency AGCS.

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MR. JEAN-PAUL SABBAGHLecturer at Sciences-Po, Paris

Jean-Paul Sabbagh has a University Education pursued in several French universities among which "faculty of Science-Po" and the French Institute of Petroleum. He is at present a professor at “Sciences Po”. He teaches several subjects related to oil and gas: "Big Stakes in the energy", "Oil Markets" and "Financing of the energy”. He founded the Energy Chaire in “Sciences-Po, Public Administration School”. He is also a speaker to the “French Association of Gas". Having showed his ability to "Fortis Bank" to "French Banking Federation" and to the European Commission, he worked successively at “Natexis Banques Populaires” (2005-2007), Oddo Securities (2007-2009), on "Kyte Group-Market Securities/Oil Petroleum products" in Geneva and in Paris (2009-present).

At “Natexis” he has worked in the sectors of “Trade Finance” and “Relationship Manager” in the “Commodities Division”. At “Oddo Securities” he was an “Equity Research Analyst”. He covered major European stocks (mainly Total, BP, Shell, Air Liquide, Linde and BASF). He was a financial analyst and he was in charge of understanding market

fundamentals, trends and structures, cost calculation, production of full suite of exposure reports, Financial modelling of the relationship between supply and demand and price.

At Kyte Group-Market Securities, he has worked in Geneva and in Paris. At present, he is Project Director for key client projects in Oil and Gas, he is an investment strategist and he develops the trading and marketing department with international actors in Europe. Sabbagh is leading commercial and functional team to support business acquisition. He also manages and develops work with third parties and sub-contractors. He is leading a commercial and functional team to support business acquisition.

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THE IMPACT OF THE PASSING OF THE TWO OIL & GAS DECREES, AND THE MINISTRY OF ENERGY & WATER’S ROADMAP• The Government decree on delineating

the maritime blocks which will be put up for tender:

The adopted progressive licensing policy for the blocks, starting with five out of ten.

Plus: Timeframe and set milestones for this “Phase 1”.

• The Government decree on the model contract for Exploration & Production (E&P) and for proceeds-sharing between the State and the oil companies.

Plus: Oil & Gas Public Tenders: Issues of Process (Best practice), and Transparency (Adhesion of Lebanon to the International Extractive Industry Initiative- IETI).

• The Tax Law relating to petroleum activities.

• Environmental issues.

Speakers:• H.E. Mr. Yassine Jaber• Mr. Wissam Chbat• Mr. Malek Takieddine

Moderator:• Ms. Diana Kaissy

Session 03

H.E. MR. YASSINE JABERFormer Minister of Economy and TradeMember of the Lebanese Parliament

Yassine Jaber studied Economics and Business administration at the American University of Beirut and graduated in 1973.

Then he worked in Saudi Arabia in contracting and trade from 1974 till 1979. From 1979 till present he heads companies in London UK in trade real estate and hotels, and in Lebanon in real estate and tourism.

1995-1998 he served in two governments of late Prime Minister Rafic Hariri as Minister of Economy and Trade. In 2004 he became the Minister of Public works and Transport.

Since 1996 he is a Member of Parliament. He is a businessman with interests in both Lebanon and the U.K. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of the British-Lebanese Association in London, a Former President of AUB Alumni Association (U.K. 1992-1995), a Member of the Consultative Committee of the

Arab Community in Britain, a Member of the Board of Trustees of the American Community School at Beirut, and a Member the of Board of Directors of the Association for Higher Education and Scientific Guidance.

Mr. Jaber is also an Honorable Board Member of the American Alumni Association of Lebanon. He is the Founder and President of Kamel Jaber Cultural and Social Center in Nabatieh-South Lebanon and the President of the Association for Supporting Public Schools in the Nabatieh region.

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MR. WISSAM CHBATPresident Lebanese Petroleum Administration

Wissam Edmond Chbat has 20 years experience in the Oil and Gas E&P. Wissam graduated from the American university of Beirut in 1995 (B.E Electrical Engineering) and holds a Masters in Finance from the Ecole Superieure Des affaires- Beirut and ESCP-EAP Europe. He joined Schlumberger oilfield services in 1997 and held various field operations, operations management (Multi-segments) and business development positions with considerable technical experience in challenging operations such as under-balanced wells, HPHT and deep water operations. He worked in Venezuela, Indonesia, West and South Africa, Algeria and India gathering wide international experience before Joining the Lebanese Ministry of Energy and Water as the upstream

advisor to the Minister late 2009. Since 4 December, 2012 he is a board member at the Lebanese Petroleum Administration and head of the Geology and Geophysics department and since the 4th of December, 2016 he assumed an additional role as the chairman of the board of the Lebanese Petroleum Administration.

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MR. MALEK TAKIEDDINEPartner Al Jad LLP (CMS Group)

Malek is an oil and gas lawyer. He advises companies in the Middle East and Africa including BP, Eni, Gazprom, Lukoil, Maersk, and Repsol. He is a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators. He acts on the board of directors of the Energy Committee at the Beirut Bar Association and lectures on Oil and Gas Law at the Lebanese American University.

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MS. DIANA KAISSYRegional coordinator for MENA and Asia-PacificPublish What You Pay

Regional Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, and Asia Pacific at Publish What You Pay organization.

Diana Kaissy joined the PWYP team in March, 2012 to take up the role of regional coordinator for the MENA region. She is responsible for coordinating with civil society organizations, networks and coalitions and supporting them into strengthening their governance structure and advocating for more transparency and accountability in the extractive industries. As of October 2015, Diana was also tasked with coordinating civil society’s activities in the Asia Pacific region.

Diana serves as advisory board member on the Lebanese Oil and Gas Initiative, a Lebanese NGO that actively promotes enhancing civil society's role in the governance of natural resources.

Diana is also board member of the Palestine Association for the Children Encouragement of Sports (PACES), a British based charity organization that seeks to promote social development through engagement in sports for Palestinian children living in refugee camps in Lebanon.

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INVESTMENT, OPPORTUNITIES, AND ECONOMIC MODEL FOR OIL & GAS• Investment opportunities from revenue

usage and revenue management perspectives.

• Opportunities in Exploration & Production from an Investment Banking perspective.

• Corporate Banking support to clients (IOCs) and their operations in the Upstream, Oil Field Services & Midstream subsectors.

• Managing the dialogue with external stakeholders.

• Building an Oil & Gas Exploration Model.

Speakers:• Mr. Alain Bifani• Mrs. Joelle Assouad• Mr. Roger Melki

Moderator:• Dr. Samir Nasr

Session 04

MR. ALAIN A. BIFANIDirector General of the Ministry of Finance Lebanon

Alain Bifani has over 20 years of international experience at the highest financial institutions’ level. He holds an Engineering degree in Optics and Telecommunications from France and a higher degree in Management and Finance from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC), France.

Mr. Bifani occupied senior positions at Arthur Andersen France, ABN/AMRO Bank Lebanon and Dubai, and Thomson Financial Bankwatch, and consulted for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Lebanon. In 2000, he became the youngest director general in the Lebanese administration when he was appointed Director-General of the Lebanese Ministry of Finance.

He is a member of the Board of the Central Bank of Lebanon, a member of the Higher Court of Banks, a member of the Capital Markets Authority’s board, an appointed member of the International Monetary Fund, and has chaired the Group of 24 in 2002, 2003 and 2015.

Throughout his tenure as DG of the Ministry of Finance Mr. Bifani has weathered several storms such as: Political assassinations in 2005, war and blockade in 2006; and the institutional paralysis from 2005 until 2009, not to mention the governmental paralysis along with the presidential crisis that persisted until the end of 2016.

Mr. Bifani is also responsible for the introduction of the laws on Insider Trading in 2000, on Securitization in 2001, on Social Security in 2004, on Pension Reform; and on Bankruptcy in 2005. However he is

mostly recognized for the introduction of the Value Added Tax in 2002, the complete reconstitution of the financial accounts of Lebanon, the new budget and classification system, the public debt management, the restructuring of the tax administration; as well as a full review of the Lebanese tax system, the introduction of the Tax Procedure Code, the implementation of e-taxation; and fro being instrumental in introducing the new Capital Markets Authority.

Given his international experience and network, Mr. Bifani has become the Ministry of Finance’s point man in dealing with international institutions and agencies, and the private sector.

He is the Winner of the United Nations Public Service Award in “Improving Transparency for Taxpayer Service”. In 2005, he was decorated as “Commandeur de l’Ordre du Cedre”, one of the highest bestowed state awards in Lebanon, for exceptional services rendered. In 2016, he was also bestowed the distinction of “Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur” by the French President of the Republic.

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MRS. JOËLLE ASSOUADManaging Director, Equity Capital Markets, Global Investment BankingCrédit Agricole CIB

Joëlle Assouad has over 15 years’ experience in Investment Banking and has a strong track record and origination and execution of large range of Equity Capital Market transactions in France and in EMEA more generally. She manages all the aspects of execution related to equity transactions (from structuring, to legal, equity story and industry positioning as well as pricing).

Graduated from HEC Paris and from Université St Joseph in Lebanon in Civil Engineering (ESIB).

As part of the Equity Capital Market practice of Credit Agricole CIB, Joëlle is dedicated to the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Renewables sectors. In particular she managed numerous ECM transactions in the Oil & Gas sector: Vallourec rights issue (May 2016 - EUR 480m), Technip Non-dilutive CB (January 2016 - EUR 375m) + tap (March 2016 - EUR 75m), CGG rights issue (January 2016 – EUR 351m), Total Non-dilutive CB (January 2016 – EUR 1.2bn).

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MR. ROGER MELKIEconomist And Consultant

Roger Melki is senior development specialist; with more than 35 years of consulting experience in Lebanon and the MENA region. He has an extensive experience in strategic advisory in cooperation with international institutions and public administrations. Roger Melki was acting as advisor to the Ministers of Finance and Economy and Trade in Lebanon in charge of relations between the public sector and the private business associations. He widely participated in multiple programs of recovery of the national economy and established active contacts with Lebanese government institutions and has a good knowledge of the policies of international donors, and methodologies of cooperation (UNDP, the World Bank, the European Union, the development agencies USAID or German GIZ). Roger Melki is lecturer at

the Faculty of Economy at Saint Joseph University in Beirut and board Member of the Lebanese Consultants Association – SMDC. Roger Melki collaborated actively with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on the assessment of the impact of the copyright industries on national economies and growth. He holds a Masters of Economics of USJ and a DEA from the University of Paris 1.

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DR. SAMIR NASRChairman & CEO, ECE Consultants Chairman, The Phoenician Fund

Samir Nasr is born in 1953. He is holder of PhD in economics (Paris - Sorbonne), M.A. economics (American University of Beirut) and diplomas in Finance and planning (Sorbonne - Paris).

His career began in 1978 as a consultant at OECD (Paris) till 1981. He was appointed then as chairman of economics department at the Lebanese University in 1982. He founded in 1983 ECE (Etudes et Consultations Economiques), a consulting firm. In 2009, he launched -along with partners- a sister company, ECE Capital a financial institution specialized in corporate finance and M&As.

Through the group ECE, Dr. Nasr has developed a wide experience in corporate finance services, M&A, fund structuring and management. He conducted, supervised and participated in nearly 800 assignments (1983-2017) covering Lebanon, Europe, Middle Eastern and Gulf countries. He has been an advisor or board member to numerous private institutions in Lebanon and Qatar.

He acted as an economic advisor for the Qatari Government during the period 2000-2005.

He also participated in a variety of conferences and seminars and published

«Le livre blanc sur L’économie libanaise» (1992), «Investors guide» (Three editions 1994, 1995, 1997), «Development of Lebanon’s capital markets» (in association with Dr. Nasser Saidi) 1995, «the social dimension of Lebanon reconstruction policy (1997)» and «Le chantier de l’entreprise au Liban» (1999). He was a professor of economics at St Joseph University till 1986.

Dr. Nasr is presently the chairman-CEO of “ECE Consultants” (since 1983),” Phoenician Funds Holding (since 2016) and non-executive chairman of the “National Investment Guarantee Corporation”, a Lebanese public institution (since 1993).

He is also an executive director of a Cypriot real estate fund “Mouflon fund” (since early 2017).

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ESA is a Business School dedicated to the education of executives and managers in Lebanon and the Middle East and managed by the Paris Île-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIR). ESA Business School is the first in Lebanon to obtain the AMBA Accreditation, the highest international distinction.

Its mission is to form the elite of Lebanon and the region into the leaders of tomorrow. ESA has become a beacon of academic excellence within Lebanon, and a platform for interaction and meetings between Europe, the Middle East and Lebanon.Paying keen attention to businesses and their needs, ESA assists them in developing their visions, and helps them better achieve their objectives by training and coaching their executives and managers.

Situated in the center of Beirut, and at the heart of the Middle East, ESA asserts its reach as an important international school, combining the talents of high-level faculty who rank among the world’s most preeminent specialists.

THE STRENGTHS OF ESA

Custom-made programs and courses, to train executives and managers, in accordance with the needs of the international workplace.

A faculty composed exclusively of professors drawn from the best business schools in Europe, particularly from ESCP Europe, HEC Paris, and other european universities such as Rotterdam School of Management (RSM).

Two international certifications, to validate each academic path: the ESA Degree and the Degree from its prestigious partner school or university.

Flexible schedules, allowing for both training and professional lives to be combined.

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Moderator:• Mrs. Nina dos Santos

Session 05

MRS. NINA DOS SANTOSCNNMoney EUROPE EDITOR

Nina dos Santos is a business anchor and reporter based in CNN's London bureau.

Nina has anchored a number of major news events for CNN, from the London Olympic Games and the Royal Wedding to the UK Election in 2015 and Britain's recent vote to leave the EU. She is also a key part of CNN's coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, each year.

Upon joining CNN, Nina obtained a series of global exclusives on the International Monetary Fund following the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn in New York. She was the first journalist to get a copy of the former managing director's leaving letter, written in jail, and highlighted debate among female IMF staff about whether it was time for a woman at the helm.

In the aftermath of the attacks in Paris and Brussels, Nina obtained exclusive footage of the terrorists partying just months before they went on to kill, interviewing two friends of six of the suspects in Brussels notorious Molenbeek suburb.

Nina began her career in print news with internships at the Financial Times Group and Dow Jones & Co before moving into broadcast news as a presenter with

Bloomberg Television, later with Sky News and NBC News.

An experienced moderator, Nina has chaired panels at the meetings of the World Economic Forum and the German Marshall Fund of the United States. She has also hosted events at the European Parliament in Brussels, at London's Chatham House and at the Ambrosetti Forum's annual gathering in Cernobbio, Italy.

Nina holds a BSc in Biological Sciences from Imperial College London and a Masters degree in Economics. Half English, half Dutch, Nina also speaks fluent French and Italian, as well as Spanish, Portuguese and German.

Before returning to London in 2005, Nina lived and worked in Italy for a number of years. She has also spent time in France and Spain.

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