Israel Court ruling seen as threat to U.S. energy firm

Israel Court ruling seen as threat to U.S. energy firm

Special to WorldTribune.com Israel’s High Court on March 27 rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s offshore gas development deal signed last December with U.S. and Israeli companies. The ruling was a major setback for U.S.-based Noble Energy, which could delay the firm’s $6 billion natural gas project off the coast of Israel for as much as […]

Israel agrees on 15-year deal to supply Jordan with natural gas

Israel agrees on 15-year deal to supply Jordan with natural gas

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Jordan has approved a long-term natural gas supply deal with Israel. Jordan has agreed to import gas from Israel’s Leviathan offshore field in the eastern Mediterranean. Under the accord, estimated at $15 billion, Leviathan operator, the U.S. firm Noble Energy, would supply Israeli gas to the Hashemite kingdom for 15 […]