This is a very real problem in the Eastern Med. as the article points out. From a Lebanon perspective, people have been talking about tapping into these offsho

This is a very real problem in the Eastern Med. as the article points out. From a Lebanon perspective, people have been talking about tapping into these offshore energy reserves for a decade+. But the inside conversation is that the Lebanese people would never see a penny from any revenues. They would simply get funneled into various politicians pockets. It seems like many countries would be far better off without this.