Tag: Natural Gas
Lebanese president to US official: Impasse in maritime border talks can be overcome
Lebanese President Michel Aoun told a U.S. mediator on Wednesday that his country’s differences with Israel regarding the two countries’ maritime border dispute could be overcome through negotiations after the border talks were postponed on Monday.
“The...
Chevron completes acquisition of Noble Energy, which operates Israeli gas fields
Energy giant Chevron has completed the acquisition of Noble Energy, the company which holds most of the natural gas reserves off Israel’s coastline.
Clay Neff, president of Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production,...
Israel and Lebanon agree to US-mediated border talks
Israel and Lebanon announced on Thursday their intention to participate in U.S.-mediated talks, with the aim of settling their maritime border dispute.
The dispute has been ongoing for decades, but became more urgent following natural-gas...
Hundreds of Jordanians protest gas deal with Israel
Hundreds of Jordanians protested in the Jordanian capital of Amman on Friday demanding that the government cancel a natural-gas deal with Israel.
Jordanian security forces stopped the protesters from reaching the Al-Nakheel Square, where the...
The significance of Israel’s natural-gas feat
The start of natural-gas flow from the Leviathan rig is a momentous achievement for the State of Israel.
For the first time, a resource-poor country can become an energy superpower. The export of natural gas...
Is Turkey trying to sabotage massive new Israel-Cyprus-Greece EastMed gas deal?
Tensions are reaching a new high in the eastern Mediterranean region after the Turkey’s parliament approved a measure to deploy Turkish troops to Libya to support the U.N.-backed government there. The move by Turkey...
Gas pumping from Israel’s offshore Leviathan field gets underway
Gas pumping from Israel’s Leviathan offshore natural gas field got under way on Tuesday after Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry said Noble Energy and its partners had met all necessary conditions, despite ongoing protests from...
Israel to export natural gas to Egypt starting in January
Israel’s National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources Minister Yuval Steinitz has signed the paperwork for Israel to begin exporting natural gas to Egypt from its Tamar and Leviathan fields in January, Israel business daily Globes reported...
Egypt to pay $500 million fine for breaking gas deal with Israel
Egypt reached a settlement with Israel on Sunday to pay the Israel Electric Corporation $500 million over the next eight-and-a-half years after breaking an agreement to deliver natural gas to the Jewish state in...
Secretary Perry talks shop with Israeli counterpart at energy-industry conference
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry met with Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz on Monday to discuss cooperation between the two countries in the energy and cyber security sectors.
The two met in Houston at...