Israel
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January 15, 2020
Egypt began receiving natural gas from Israel, enacting a deal initially worth $15 billion that’s part of the North African country’s plan to become an energy re-export hub on Europe’s doorstep. Israeli gas stocks rose.
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December 31, 2019
A decade after its discovery was lauded as a guarantor of Israel’s energy security, the giant Leviathan natural-gas field started production Tuesday. But instead of anticipating a coal-free future, residents living near the gas platform have abandoned their homes for a day.
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December 19, 2019
Jerusalem’s district court ruled late Tuesday that the firms developing Leviathan are barred from pollutive activity until further notice, in effect halting operations.
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September 11, 2019
Egypt expects to begin receiving natural gas from Israel by the end of 2019, the oil minister said, fulfilling a $15 billion deal that will position the North African country as an energy re-export hub on Europe’s doorstep.
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July 30, 2019
The Israeli Ministry of Energy has awarded 12 new offshore blocks in Israel’s Exclusive Economic Zone in its second license round, adding British companies Cairn and Soco to an international roster of oil and gas companies operating in the country’s waters.
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July 24, 2019
The parties to a $15 billion deal to export Israeli natural gas to Egypt are changing the agreement to reduce the risk of disruptions.
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June 25, 2019
Energean Oil and Gas plc has announced that it has signed a Detailed Agreement with Israel Natural Gas Lines (INGL) for the transfer of title (the hand over) of the near shore and onshore part of the infrastructure that will deliver gas from the Karish and Tanin FPSO into the Israeli national gas transmission grid.
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May 27, 2019
Israel is willing to enter U.S.-mediated talks with Lebanon on setting a maritime border, the Energy Ministry said today.
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May 01, 2019
Deepwater mooring rope manufacturer, Lankhorst Offshore, has been awarded a contract by TechnipFMC to supply the mooring lines for the Energean Power Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) for the Karish and Tanin gas fields, located in the eastern Mediterranean, approximately 55.92 mi (90 km) offshore Israel.
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April 15, 2019
Energean Oil and Gas plc, the oil and gas producer focused on the Mediterranean, is pleased to announce that the Karish North exploration well has made a significant gas discovery.
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April 10, 2019
Exxon Mobil is in discussions to build a platform that would expand the export reach of Israel’s biggest natural gas field.
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April 2019
During a recent visit to Houston, Israel’s chief geologist, Dr. Michael (Miki) Gardosh, who operates within the Ministry of Energy, visited with World Oil Editor-in-Chief Kurt Abraham, providing an update on the country’s E&P sector. Activity remains solid offshore, buoyed by a current bidding round, and there also is some renewed interest onshore.
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March 04, 2019
Energean Oil and Gas plc, the oil and gas producer focused on the Mediterranean, has announced that it has commenced its 2019 drilling program in Israel.
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February 2019
The Eastern Mediterranean Gas Conference (EMGC) is gearing up for another must-attend event in Cyprus.
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January 15, 2019
Talks are in progress to build an underwater natural gas pipeline between Israel and Egypt, part of efforts to transform the eastern Mediterranean into an energy export hub on Europe’s doorstep.
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January 09, 2019
Zion Oil and Gas confirmed today that it will move forward with the operational plan in Israel that the firm outlined previously in its Nov. 29, 2018, press release.
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November 27, 2018
Israel launches its second Offshore Bidding Round (OBR 2018) to grant exploration licenses for natural gas and oil in Israel’s economic waters in the Eastern Mediterranean. OBR 2018 builds upon the growing regional importance of the Eastern Mediterranean as a hydrocarbon province, the progress made with the development of the giant Tamar and Leviathan fields, as well as the Karish and Tanin fields in Israel’s offshore waters, and the rapidly improving domestic and export options for monetizing produced gas.
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November 16, 2018
Technip is preparing for a project, including a subsea production system connecting high-rate subsea wells to a fixed platform, located approximately 6.21 mi offshore Israel.
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November 13, 2018
Israel has announced the launching of its second bid round to grant exploration licenses for natural gas and oil in Israel’s economic waters, in the Eastern Mediterranean
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October 08, 2018
Egypt will begin importing natural gas from Israel under a $15-billion deal as early as March if an undersea pipeline connecting the Mediterranean neighbors is found to be in good condition, moving the country closer to its goal of becoming an energy-exporting hub.
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August 08, 2018
The companies developing Israel’s largest natural gas fields and their Egyptian partner have finalized details of a deal that would give them control over a pipeline to Egypt, according to people familiar with the matter, a crucial step that would pave the way for a $15-billion export contract.
