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BEIRUT, April 26 (Reuters) - Lebanon's government has prequalified eight more companies to bid for its first round of offshore exploration and production licences after prequalifying 46 companies in 2013, Energy and Water Minister Cesar Abou Khalil said on Wednesday.
The bidding process for the blocks was postponed for years because of political paralysis in Lebanon until the formation of a new government late last year.
Abou Khalil said one of the eight companies, India's ONGC Videsh, had been prequalified to bid as an operator.
(Reporting By Ellen Francis and Angus McDowall; Editing by Edmund Blair) ((angus.mcdowall@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: angus.mcdowall.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
The bidding process for the blocks was postponed for years because of political paralysis in Lebanon until the formation of a new government late last year.
Abou Khalil said one of the eight companies, India's ONGC Videsh, had been prequalified to bid as an operator.
(Reporting By Ellen Francis and Angus McDowall; Editing by Edmund Blair) ((angus.mcdowall@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: angus.mcdowall.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
