Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 1-2

3/10-Jan-2011

israel/EAST MEDITERRANEAN

Noble Energy Makes Major Gas Discovery Offshore Israel With Leviathan Well

Noble Energy on 29 December announced a major natural gas discovery with its Leviathan-1 well offshore Israel. The discovery in the Leviathan structure holds the potential to turn Israel into a natural gas exporter and is expected to generate considerable attention in the East Mediterranean as a new source for deepwater hydrocarbons....