Tamar News

Noble lays out job cuts, four-year plan

Nov 17, 2016

Noble Energy's long-term plans has cut 60 jobs from its workforce, with 55 of them in Houston, and lays out plans for its offshore assets in the Eastern Mediterranean. Tamar operations, image from Delek…

Israel launches offshore bid round

Nov 16, 2016

Israel's Minister of Energy has opened the country's first offshore bid round covering 24 areas in the Levant Basin, with some located close to existing major gas discoveries. The discovery of giant gas fields in the Levant Basin, offshore…

Noble to drill Tamar-8 in Q4

Jul 07, 2016

Noble Energy and its partners in the Tamar project will drill at the Tamar-8 well offshore Israel in Q4 2016. Image of Tamar operations, from Delek. Tamar-8 is located 100km west of Haifa…

Leviathan’s FID on the horizon

Nov 02, 2016

Noble Energy is expecting the final investment decision (FID) for its giant Leviathan development offshore Israel by year-end or early next year, the Houston-based explorer said in its Q3 2016 earnings call. The Noble Sam Croft…

Israel to hold first offshore licensing round

Aug 19, 2016

Israel’s Ministry of Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources (MIEWR) will hold the country’s first offshore energy licensing round in November, offering two dozen blocks in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, according to IHS Energy. The Tamar platform…

Noble to divest 3% of Tamar

Jul 05, 2016

Noble Energy entered into a US$369 million definitive agreement with the Harel Group and Israel Infrastructure Fund (IIF) to offload 3% working interest in the Tamar field, offshore Israel. Image of the Tamar platform…

Energean acquires Israeli gas assets

Aug 17, 2016

Cypriot firm Ocean Energean Oil and Gas is to buy 100% interest in the Tanin and Karish fields in the Mediterranean Sea, offshore Israel, for US$148.5 million.  Delek Group, Avner Oil Exploration and Delek Drilling have agreed to sell their 26…

First Lebanon offshore round on horizon

Jul 15, 2016

Offshore exploration could soon be on the agenda in Lebanon after the country's Prime Minister Tamam Salam was asked to place what would be the first licensing round on the agenda of cabinet meetings as soon as possible. The intention…

Noble's Tamar gains SEMS compliance

May 09, 2016

DNV GL – Business Assurance USA, Inc. issued Noble Energy a certificate of compliance to the SEMS (Safety and Environmental Systems) standard, which represents the highest criteria for safe operations of offshore drilling platforms. This…

Leviathan back on track?

May 23, 2016

Work on Israel’s giant deepwater Leviathan field could be back on track after a new agreement on the country’s oil and gas terms.  Noble Energy, which operates the field, had put forward its revised Leviathan development plan earlier this year…

Let’s get deep

May 01, 2016

Ultra-deepwater exploration on the Atlantic margin could be the opportunity the offshore industry is looking for, according to geoscience firm Spectrum. Elaine Maslin reports. Maersk Venturer drillship…

Sea of opportunity

Apr 01, 2016

Heather Saucier examines the geology of the Mediterranean and North African region, and assesses where more discoveries could be made. The location of four assessment units in the Nile Delta Basin Province in the Eastern Mediterranean…

Egypt’s breadbasket

Apr 01, 2016

Italian major Eni has found what could be the biggest gas deposit in the Mediterranean and the company is eager to develop it. Jerry Lee reports. Egypt Nile Delta. The Zohr discovery, in the Shorouk block…

Delek in Leviathan solution discussions

Mar 31, 2016

The Delek Group is moving forward to advance the Leviathan development plan with an accelerated plan for first gas to flow in 2019, as the Israeli company revealed it has already begun discussions with Israel’s government ministries to reach a solution to the stability clause…

New Leviathan plan submitted

Feb 25, 2016

Partners on the massive Israeli Leviathan gas field have submitted a new plan for the field to the country's authorities which will decrease its cost by some US$1 billion, increase production capacity by 5 Bcm, and bring the project onstream in Q4 2019…

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