Electricité du Liban reassures: No risk to power supply... gas oil reserves sufficient for 9 days and a new shipment on the way

Electricité du Liban reassured that the status of its fuel reserves remains stable, denying reports circulating about reserves falling to levels sufficient for only a few days, and confirming that the currently available gas oil stock is enough to meet the institution’s needs for around nine days under the approved operational and production plan.

In a statement, the utility explained that its plants are currently operating at a production capacity of about 450 megawatts, allowing for electricity supply averaging between three and four hours per day across Lebanese territory, while continuing to give priority to vital and essential facilities, including the airport, the port, wastewater treatment plants, water pumping stations, prisons, courthouses, and official administrations.

It added that preparations are under way to supply a new shipment of gas oil in the coming days for the benefit of Electricité du Liban through the Ministry of Energy and Water — the Directorate General of Oil. The shipment amounts to about 33,000 metric tons, noting that loading procedures at the port of supply have reached their final stages.