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Decree No. 9471/2022 - Petroleum Register

Creates public registration rules for petroleum rights, amendments, mortgages, assignments, beneficial owners and politically exposed ownership interests.

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Official recordDecree No. 9471/2022 - Petroleum Register
Legal characterPublic title and security-interest register
Current readingOperative
Scope and applicability

Registration and public notice of petroleum rights and security interests.

Why it matters

The register supports title certainty, lender due diligence, transparency and public scrutiny of offshore petroleum rights.

Core provisions

The operative ideas to understand before reading the full text.

  1. 01

    Registers granted petroleum rights and amendments.

  2. 02

    Records mortgages, assignments and opposability to third parties.

  3. 03

    Extends disclosure to beneficial owners and politically exposed ownership interests.

Engineering lens

  • Provides title context for operators and approved assignments.
  • Does not replace technical approvals for operations.

Economic and investment lens

  • Supports collateral, assignment and ownership due diligence.
  • Beneficial-ownership disclosure improves counterparty assessment.

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. 1Complete and current entries
  2. 2Public online access
  3. 3Reconciliation with corporate and contract records

Documented relationships

  • This instrument registers rights created under OPR Law
  • Linked instrument reinforces public ownership disclosure through Transparency Law

Primary sources

  1. Petroleum Register - legal framework and public records Lebanese Petroleum Administration · Publication date not stated · Arabic · Accessed 16 August 2026Official register created under Law 132/2010 and regulated by Decree 9471/2022.
  2. Legislative Framework Lebanese Petroleum Administration · Publication date not stated · English · Accessed 16 August 2026Official consolidated overview; page has no stated publication date.