Israel’s cabinet has reached agreements with Noble Energy and Delek Holdings to increase gas production in the East Mediterranean fields of Tamar and Leviathan,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades are looking into seeking into tap into the potential of natural gas in the sea bed beneath both countries.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled on Tuesday to take his first visit abroad since his reelection in March, traveling 45 minutes to Cyprus for a visit of less than 12 hours.
Israel's security cabinet voted on Thursday in favour of a plan that would allow a U.S.-Israeli energy group to keep control of most of the country's natural gas deposits but would also put some others up for sale.
Delek Drilling and Avner Oil Exploration have responded to reports in an Israeli newspaper concerning assessment of the resources in the deepwater Leviathan gas/condensate field
The mayor of Israel’s third largest city, Haifa, has ordered the shutdown of five petrochemical plants after a warning by Israeli Health Ministry linking high cancer rates among residents to air pollution.