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 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Egypt and Israel have signed an initial agreement for what could be mark a major natural gas deal. An Israeli consortium said it signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with Dolphinus Holdings, which represents non-governmental, industrial and commercial consumers in Egypt. The Tamar Project group, led by the U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com from AMMAN — Jordan has disclosed plans to purchase natural gas from Israel. The government said Jordan would procure up to 300 million cubic feet per day of gas from Israel’s offshore fields. The gas, purchased from the U.S. firm Noble Energy, would come from Israeli fields in the eastern Mediterranean and […]
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 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Hamas has reported its first attack on Israel’s offshore natural gas infrastructure. Hamas said it fired two rockets toward an Israeli gas installation in the Mediterranean Sea some 35 kilometers from the Gaza Strip. The area contains a platform from the Tamar field, Israel’s largest producing gas reserve and operated […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Egypt and Israel have reached initial agreement on a natural gas supply deal. A U.S.-led Israeli energy consortium has signed a Letter of Intent to supply up to 2.5 trillion cubic feet of gas to Egypt over 15 years. Under the non-binding accord, the fuel to Egypt’s Union Fenosa Gas […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt, facing major power shortages, has turned to Israel for natural gas. In a reversal of roles, the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Corp. has been discussing the prospect of Israeli gas exports from its new offshore reserves. Industry sources said the Egyptian state-owned corporation was negotiating with an Israeli consortium […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel and Jordan have agreed to supply natural gas to the Hashemite kingdom. Israel has approved the first export from its offshore Tamar gas field, headed by the U.S. firm Noble Energy. Under the 15-year deal, signed on Feb. 19, the Noble-led consortium would provide 1.8 billion cubic meters […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s offshore natural gas reserves were said to have increased. A U.S.-led consortium has released an estimate of the new Tamar Southwest block in the Mediterranean Sea. The consortium, led by Noble Energy, said Tamar Southwest could contain 19 billion meters of gas. “At this stage there are only […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — The Israel Navy, expected to protect the nation’s new energy reserves, would require a fleet in the Red Sea, a report said. The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs asserted that the Navy would need a significant presence in the Red Sea. In a report by a former senior U.S. official, […]