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Decree No. 7968/2012 - Lebanese Petroleum Administration

Establishes the organization, governance and technical functions of the Lebanese Petroleum Administration under the offshore petroleum law.

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Official recordDecree No. 7968/2012 - Lebanese Petroleum Administration
Legal characterInstitutional decree for the petroleum regulator-administrator
Current readingOperative
Scope and applicability

LPA organisation and upstream administrative functions.

Why it matters

The LPA evaluates licensing, supervises petroleum activities, maintains technical capability and advises the Minister and Cabinet across the upstream value chain.

Core provisions

The operative ideas to understand before reading the full text.

  1. 01

    Organises the LPA’s board, departments and specialist functions.

  2. 02

    Assigns technical, economic, geological, legal, quality, health, safety and environmental responsibilities.

  3. 03

    Supports licensing evaluation, petroleum-right supervision and advice to the Minister and Cabinet.

Engineering lens

  • Creates specialist technical and HSE oversight capacity.
  • Supports review of work programmes, data and field plans.

Economic and investment lens

  • Provides bid, fiscal and commercial analysis to decision makers.
  • Institutional capacity influences licensing quality and investor certainty.

From text to operation

Implementation gates

These conditions must be evidenced before treating the instrument as operational for a project, tariff or market transaction.

  1. 1Qualified board and departments
  2. 2Data systems and procedures
  3. 3Clear recommendation and decision boundaries

Documented relationships

  • Linked instrument establishes the administration implemented by OPR Law

Primary sources

  1. Legislative Framework Lebanese Petroleum Administration · Publication date not stated · English · Accessed 16 August 2026Official consolidated overview; page has no stated publication date.