石油圈中国石化新闻网讯 据MENAFN网站9月23日贝鲁特/迪拜报道，在首次出售海上能源勘探权前的数周，黎巴嫩议会通过了一项对石油作业收入征税的法律。法国道达尔公司和美国埃克森美孚公司都表示有意向购买勘探权。
据黎巴嫩国家通讯社报道，黎巴嫩议会的议员们在周二的投票中通过了这项石油税法。本月早些时候，黎巴嫩石油管理局的一名成员扎哈比说，这项法律是潜在投标人参与5个海上地区勘探权计划拍卖的基石。
扎哈比随后说，为了使投标公司有更多时间了解这项新通过的石油税法并组织投标，黎巴嫩当局将投标的截止日期从9月15日延长到了10月12日。该法律草案要求对石油作业收入征收20%的所得税，外加一笔固定费用为500万黎巴嫩镑(3311美元)的印花税。黎巴嫩国家通讯社没有具体说明议会在通过该法律草案之前是否修改了这项草案。
在勘探东地中海石油和天然气中落后于塞浦路斯、埃及和以色列的黎巴嫩，时下正在寻求开发本国的能源资产。
李峻 编译自 Gulf News
原文如下：
LEBANON PASSES OIL TAX LAW AHEAD OF FIRST ENERGY-RIGHTS AUCTION
MENAFN September 23, 2017 Beirut, Dubai
Lebanon’s parliament approved a law to tax revenue from oil operations, weeks before its first sale of offshore energy exploration rights to interested companies like Total SA and Exxon Mobil Corp.
Lawmakers approved the petroleum tax law in a vote on Tuesday, the state National News Agency reported. The law is a cornerstone for prospective bidders in the planned auction of rights to five offshore areas, Wissam Zahabi, a member of the Lebanese Petroleum Administration, said earlier this month.
Authorities extended the bidding deadline to October 12 from September 15 to give companies more time to understand the tax law and organise their bids, Zahabi said then. The draft law called for a 20 per cent income tax, along with a stamp-duty fee fixed at 5 million Lebanese pounds ($3,311). NNA didn’t specify if parliament amended the draft law before adopting it.
Lebanon is seeking to develop its energy assets after lagging behind Cyprus, Egypt and Israel in exploring for oil and natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean.
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