Noble Energy has made two deepwater discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Israel. The Dantzler exploration well, located 12 miles west of the firm鈥檚 Rio Grande development in Mississippi Canyon 782, has encountered over 120 ft of net pay鈥
Transboundary may head to committee The US Senate bill ratifying the US-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreement, S. 812, is reportedly on its way to a conference committee. The Senate鈥檚 version of the bill, passed last month (October)鈥
Israel first hit the international stage as an oil and gas country in 2003, when Houston-based Noble Energy discovered the Mari-B field. The Tamar and Leviathan fields were discovered 2009-2011. All are located in the Levant basin, which encompasses about 83鈥
Delek Group released a resource assessment report on its Tamar Southwest project that showed an average 684 Bcf of estimated undiscovered gas reserves in place in the project. This value is the undiscovered resource potential in two sands鈥
Noble Energy, Inc. announced that the A-2 appraisal well drilled on the Block 12 discovery off Cyprus encountered about 120ft of net natural gas pay within Miocene-aged sands. The Cyprus A-2 well, which is more than four miles northeast of the A-1 discovery location鈥
Noble Energy, Inc. has downgraded the gross resource potential of its A-2 appraisal well, drilled on the Block 12 discovery offshore the Republic of Cyprus. With the reserve potential initially set between 5-8Tcf, the company has now lowered its figures to 3鈥
Drilling on the South West Tamar prospect, offshore Israel, is due to start in the next two weeks, partners on the project have said. Delek Group, a partner on the Noble Energy-operated project, said the exploration well at South West (SW) Tamar prospect鈥
Noble Energy found 鈥渟ignificant signs of gas鈥 in the Karish 1 well 75km northwest of Haifi in Israeli waters, according to partners. Delek Group said that 60ft of natural gas bearing sands were found after drilling reached 4790m below sea level in license area Alon C/366.
Noble Energy is to start drilling on Aphrodite 2 offshore Cyprus in the next two weeks, according to partners on the project. Delek Group, whose subsidiaries Delek Drilling and Avner are partners on Aphrodite in Block 12, said the work鈥
Noble Energy has found 'significant signs of gas' on the Karish 1 well 75km north west of Haifi in Israeli waters, according to partners on the project. Delek Group said, according to information from Noble, 60ft of natural gas bearing鈥
Noble Energy confirmed that it has made a natural gas discovery at the Karish prospect off Israel. The Karish discovery well, located in the Alon C license 20 miles northeast of Tamar field, encountered 184ft of net natural gas pay in high-quality lower Miocene sands鈥
Production from the Tamar field offshore Israel started in April. The field is estimated to hold nine trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and is being developed by a group that includes Noble Energy, Delek Drilling, Avner Oil Exploration and Isramco Negev 2鈥
Production from the Tamar field offshore Israel started at the weekend, it has been reported.Tamar field (Image: Delek)The gas from the field 80km offshore Haifa was expected to reach Israel鈥檚 port city of Ashdod by yesterday afternoon, Israel's Energy and Water Ministry said鈥
Oilfield activity in the Mediterranean region was disrupted by extreme political events last year across northern Africa. The 鈥楢rab Spring鈥 revolutions in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia, as well as the continuing conflict in Syria shut down most non-essential activity鈥
Last month, Noble Energy, the Houston company that has played a vital role in drilling and confirming massive deepwater natural gas deposits (some of the largest in recent memory) in Israeli and Cypriot waters, announced a 30% sale of the Leviathan field to Australia's Woodside for about $2鈥
