New pipeline boosts Israel’s natural gas capacity by 30 percent

New pipeline boosts Israel’s natural gas capacity by 30 percent

by WorldTribune Staff, June 14, 2017 Israel continued its “natural gas revolution” on June 13 with the launching of the “Eastern Line” pipeline, which will boost the nation’s natural gas transmission system by 30 percent. “We are interconnecting the State of Israel lengthwise and widthwise, improving and expanding natural gas transmission throughout the country,” National […]

Texas firm set to launch development of massive Israeli gas field

Texas firm set to launch development of massive Israeli gas field

by WorldTribune Staff, February 24, 2017 Texas-based Noble Energy said it is set to begin developing Israel’s massive offshore Leviathan gas field. The first phase of the project will begin immediately, the company said in a statement issued on Feb. 23. Noble Energy said it expects the first gas to flow in 2019. Leviathan, discovered in 2010 […]

Gas deal positions Israel at ‘center of the regional energy map’

Gas deal positions Israel at ‘center of the regional energy map’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 28, 2016 Partners in Israel’s largest natural gas reservoir have signed a $10 billion deal to export gas to Jordan for the next 15 years. Noble Energy Inc. and Delek Drilling-LP will supply a gross 1.6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas from the Leviathan field to Natural Electric Power Co. […]

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 […]