Media

Media Excerpts

  • "Huge gas reserves discovered off Haifa" (Jerusalem Post, January 18, 2009) - "A historic natural gas reservoir found offshore from Haifa is poised to meet Israel's natural gas demand for about 15 years and reduce the country's dependence on gas imports from Egypt and offshore from Gaza."

  • "Israel's largest-ever reserve of natural gas discovered off Haifa coast" (Ha'aretz, January 18, 2009)

  • "Israeli Gas Find Tips Energy Balance" (Businessweek, January 19, 2009) - "Noble and its Israeli partners are hoping that Tamar-1 is only the tip of the iceberg."

  • "Israel natural gas reserves greatly exceed expectations" (Ha'aretz, July 8, 2009) - "This report could significantly affect Israel's place within that strategic balance of energy resources in the Middle East."

  • "Israel's Natural Gas Bonanza"  (Energy Tribune, June 5, 2009) - "The implications of this discovery to Israel, Noble Energy, and our partners, cannot be overstated, and we all have committed significant resources to better understand its scale and scope."

  • "Is Israel self-sufficient from natural gas discovery?" (Cleantechnica.com, July 27, 2009) - "Coal-based powerplants will not be completely phased out; only reduced in number. Some will be kept operational to provide energy security. Eventually it's possible that only 20% of electricity would be generated from coal."

  • "Israel Moves Towards Energy Independence" (Businessweek, August 27, 2009) - "The discovery has raised hopes of further gas finds in a region that to date has been largely unexplored"…"Israel's National Infrastructure Ministry predicts that demand will triple from 4 billion cubic meters annually this year to 12 billion cubic meters in 2016 as power plants and industry rapidly switch from oil to gas."