A draft of the amended "historic" reform plan was being shared few days ago, but we could not tell if the 52-pages document was the official one. Nevertheless, the government today met and approved the economic and financial reform plan in Baabda. PM Diab is expected to give a speech later on today, but the real question is: Why didn't they inform us about this plan before approving? Why not tell people what to expect…

MP Nazih Najm, who heads the parliamentary committee for Energy & Water, mentioned today that they met with the Energy Ministry with the presence of Siemens & GE companies, and that they received offers that might guarantee 24/7 electricity within 20 months only! The outcome of the negotiations will be announced in a week time, and no further information was provided regarding the proposed plans. What's clear for me, and I believe most Lebanese, is…

Lebanon's Minister of Energy & Water held a press conference this morning to unveil the findings of the Block-4 drilling. Unfortunately, while preliminary results proved the presence of gas at various depths in offshore block 4, the volumes appear to be too little to make it commercially viable. The Minister did mention the findings are encouraging though and will help optimize the drilling in Block-9 and others. He did not specify however when will the…