Israel
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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.
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July 04, 2018
A pipeline to transport $10 billion worth of natural gas over 15 years from Israel’s Leviathan field into Jordan will be completed by the end of 2019, according to the company buying the fuel.
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May 14, 2018
Geopolitical risks from Iran to Israel have led the global benchmark’s premium over West Texas Intermediate crude to widen, with the spread set to close at the largest since 2015.
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May 11, 2018
Israel is about to receive a cargo of U.S. liquefied natural gas, the first to arrive in the Middle Eastern nation from America’s shores since exports began in 2016.
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May 08, 2018
Energean Oil & Gas announced that it has received Class approval from DNV-GL, the global quality assurance body, for the Basic Design of the new-build Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) that will be deployed at its deepwater Karish-Tanin development, offshore Israel.
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March 23, 2018
Energean Oil & Gas PLC has announced that its board of directors has approved the Final Investment Decision (FID) to proceed with the $1.6-billion Karish & Tanin Development Project, offshore Israel.
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March 22, 2018
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is weighing a 15-year contract to buy natural gas for its liquefied natural gas plant in Egypt from offshore fields in Cyprus and Israel.
