Israel
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May 19, 2023
"Our preparations for the re-entry of the Megiddo-Jezreel #1 well (MJ-01) are underway, and we are excited about the potential for success by utilizing new perforation methods," said Rob Dunn, CEO of Zion Oil & Gas.
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March 28, 2023
The move will deepen BP’s presence in the eastern Mediterranean and mark ADNOC’s first venture into the region, which has seen several major gas finds in the past 15 years and attracted billions of dollars of investment from energy firms.
News
March 13, 2023
Zion Oil and Gas is steadily moving forward with operational plans in anticipation of the new license being granted very soon. The company’s most recent updates have alluded to its intentions of re-entering the MJ-1 well.
News
February 14, 2023
While the country began sending natural gas abroad several years ago, its oil production has never been significant. The Karish deposit in the eastern Mediterranean Sea is Energean’s flagship project and has been pumping gas since last year.
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November 15, 2022
TotalEnergies SE and Eni SpA are preparing to explore for natural gas in previously contested waters off the coasts of Lebanon and Israel, following last month’s accord between the two nations.
News
October 27, 2022
Lebanon and Israel have signed a U.S.-brokered deal that ends a dispute over gas-rich waters in the Mediterranean, paving the way for the development of energy resources.
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October 03, 2022
American operator Zion Oil and Gas continues to be optimistic about a wildcat well it has drilled onshore Israel.
News
March 14, 2022
Energean announced a step in the continued development of its Israeli natural gas operations, signing a supply agreement with the Israel Electric Company, the largest Israeli buyer of natural gas.
News
November 16, 2021
Israel should cancel the oil pipeline deal with a group of United Arab Emirates investors out of environmental concerns, the country’s minister of energy said, casting doubt over a politically-sensitive agreement that tests new diplomatic relations.
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October 15, 2021
Israel said it’s unlikely to expand natural-gas exports even as countries across Europe clamor for more supply amid a severe energy crunch.
News
September 16, 2021
Halliburton will collaborate with Energean to economically and safely deliver exploration, appraisal, and development wells offshore Israel.
News
July 12, 2021
Israel Shipyards Ltd. announced its agreement with Chevron (Noble Energy Mediterranean Ltd.) for performance of a 16-month coating program for its Offshore and Onshore assets.
News
March 19, 2021
“All of the missiles and drones that came into Saudi are Iranian-manufactured or Iranian-supplied,” Adel Al-Jubeir, minister of state for foreign affairs, said in an interview with Arab News published Friday afternoon. “Several of them, as we’ve said, came from the north; several came from the sea.”
News
March 18, 2021
Futures have backtracked since Brent rallied above $71 a barrel and U.S. crude topped $67 earlier this month. China has muted its buying, touching off physical-market weakness in Asia, and a shaky Covid-19 vaccine rollout in parts of the world spells trouble for a complete demand recovery in the short term.
News
March 03, 2021
A Libyan ship that sailed from Iran dumped oil into the sea off the coast of Israel in early February, Israel's Minister of Environmental Protection Gila Gamliel told reporters on Wednesday.
News
February 20, 2021
The announcement comes as nations in the eastern Mediterranean ramp up investments in offshore gas fields. Egypt is seeking to become a major hub for exporting LNG to Europe, where demand is growing as governments transition from dirtier fossil fuels such as coal and oil.
News
February 11, 2021
Energean sees potential to find about 110 billion cubic meters of gas that it could sell over the next 10-20 years, doubling the company's current reserves in Israel.
News
January 20, 2021
The partners in the Leviathan and Tamar fields, which sit off Israel’s Mediterranean coast, signed an agreement under which Israel Natural Gas Lines Ltd. will lay a new subsea pipeline and expand some of its existing ones, according to a statement Tuesday from Delek Drilling LP, a shareholder in both reservoirs.
News
September 22, 2020
Greece, Italy, Egypt, Israel and two other countries will form a permanent organization to promote co-operation over natural gas in the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkey, which has raised tensions by exploring for the fuel in contested waters, is not as yet included.
News
September 02, 2020
Zion’s Israeli operations have completed setting the MJ02 conductor pipe to a depth of 110 feet. Cellar construction and additional engineering work continue on the pad site in preparation of the rig arrival and spud. Zion will use the same pad site as the MJ#1 well, saving valuable time and significant expense.
News
January 16, 2020
Turkey will issue new exploration licenses in the eastern Mediterranean now that it’s set a maritime border with Libya, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday, a step liable to exacerbate strains with Greece and the European Union.
