Israel's Leviathan Gas Field May Also Contain Oil
2010年8月29日 - 7:06PM
Dow Jones News
Partners in Israel's offshore Leviathan natural gas field said
Sunday that new tests reveal the possibility to find up to 4.2
billion barrels of oil below the underwater gas field in the
Mediterranean Sea.
The partners, including Noble Energy Inc. (NBL) and subsidiaries
of Delek Group Ltd. (DLEKG.TV), said there was a 17% probability of
geological success to find three billion barrels of oil at a depth
of 5,800 meters and a 8% probability of geological success in
finding 1.2 billion more barrels of oil at a depth of 7,200
meters.
The partners said it is too early to tell whether they will
drill wells to access the oil, as further testing is needed.
In June, the partners announced that the Leviathan field
contains 16 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, with a 50%
probability for geological success. The partners will begin
drilling for the gas in October.
Noble holds 39.66% of the Leviathan field; Delek subsidiaries
Avner Oil and Gas Ltd. Partnership and Delek Drilling Ltd.
Partnership each hold a 22.67% stake; and Ratio Oil Exploration
Ltd. Partnership (RATI.L.TV) holds 15%.
When the Leviathan gas discovery was announced in June, Nabih
Berri, the speaker of Lebanon's parliament and Hashem Safieddine,
executive council chief of the Islamic movement Hezbollah, told
international media that the area belongs to Lebanon and not
Israel. But Israeli government authorities denied this claim,
saying Israel has the right the maritime area where the field is
located.
At 0905 GMT, shares of Delek Group were up 32 shekels ($8.42),
or 3.55%, at ILS933.00; shares of Avner were up ILS0.02, or 5.83%,
at ILS2.18; shares of Delek Drilling were up ILS0.65, or 5.58%, at
ILS12.29; and shares of Ratio were up ILS0.03, or 8.5%, at ILS0.37,
in a higher Tel Aviv market.
-By Sara Toth Stub, Contributing to Dow Jones Newswires,
saratoth@gmail.com
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