The Leviathan gas reservoir.
Photo: Albatross Aerial Photography
Israeli consortium signs gas deal with Jordan
The Delek group has signed a deal that will see the sale of gas worth approximately $10 billion to Israel's eastern neighbor over a period of 15 years.
Israel's Delek Group, one of the developers of the country's biggest natural gas reservoir, says it has signed a deal to sell gas to neighboring Jordan.
The agreement, announced Monday, would provide 45 billion cubic meters (1.6 trillion cubic feet) of gas to Jordan over 15 years. Delek says revenues could amount to $10 billion.
Gas drilling on the Leviathan gas fields (Photo: Albatros)
Delek Drilling CEO Yossi Abu hailed the "historic" deal and said developers of the Leviathan reservoir would pursue similar agreements with others in the region, including Egypt, Turkey and the Palestinian Authority.
Delek Drilling CEO Yossi Abu. A "historic" deal.
Resource-poor Israel announced the discovery of sizeable offshore natural gas deposits about five years ago, and a partnership of Israeli and US companies, including Texas-based Noble Energy and Delek, have already begun extracting.
Israel and Jordan signed a peace deal in 1994.
