Lebanon has missed several opportunities to grow its nascent oil and gas industry at an ideal pace, but now regional developments threaten not just further delays, but also permanent losses …
Roudi Baroudi

Roudi Baroudi
Dr. Roudi Baroudi is the CEO of Energy & Environment Holding, bringing 40 years of expertise in oil and gas, petrochemicals, power, energy reform, and environmental issues. He has led project development with major institutions like the World Bank, IMF, and the European Commission, and has contributed to energy and environment policy formulation in the Euro-Mediterranean, North Africa, and Middle East regions. Baroudi was instrumental in the Euro-Med Energy Free Trade Zone and serves as an advisor to the European Commission and UNECE. His insights are widely sought by governments, companies, and media outlets globally.
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Lebanon’s electricity sector faces severe difficulties on multiple levels, making it an unsustainable burden on the economy in general and the state budget in particular. Problems extend across all stages …
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More and more people are arriving at the same conclusion: a miracle cure for much of what ails the European Union is close at hand, and Cyprus is easily the …
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Lebanon is presented with the most serious challenges it has faced in the past decade. The economy is struggling, the internal security situation is deteriorating and the country’s neighbors pose real threats. In …
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The science is still in progress, but it now seems clear that the Eastern Mediterranean Basin holds oil and gas deposits that are truly mammoth. While the precise amount and …
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In September 2010, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) marked its 50th anniversary, but most of the world’s leading social, economic and environmental bodies did not join …