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Israel Discovers New Giant Off-Shore Oil and Gas Field
Arutz Sheva ^ | 3/6/12 | Tzvi ben Gedalyahu

Posted on 06/03/2012 7:39:21 AM PDT by Eleutheria5

An Israel energy company announced Sunday it has discovered an off-shore energy field that may even surpass previous finds in terms of the possibilities of developing commercial grade oil.

Israel Opportunity Energy Resources LP announced that its Pelagic licenses indicate 6.7 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of gas and 1.4 billion barrels of oil. By comparison, the previously announced Tamar and Leviathan off-shore fields contain an estimated 9 and 17 TCF of natural gas. The amount of commercial oil, if any, has not been finalized, but estimates of possible oil in the Leviathan field have been downsized to 600 million barrels.

Discoveries of oil and gas have made outdated the old joke that Moses took the wrong turn from Egypt, leading Israel to sand and leaving oil for the Arabs.

After being chased by Pharaoh to the edge of the “Sea of Reeds,” which often if not correctly is called the Red Sea, Moses asked Heaven to save them, and He replied to step into the sea, which then was split by winds, allowing the Jews to cross and then burying the army of Pharaoh when it followed.

Stepping into the sea now can be seen in retrospect as a sign of the treasures buried under the sea.

“The quantity of gas discovered in the licenses, and the high probabilities, make it the third largest offshore discovery to date,” according to Israel Opportunity chairman Ronny Halman, quoted by Globes.

He added, ”This quantity guarantees Israel's energy future for decades, and makes it possible to export Israeli gas, and boost the state's revenues without worrying about gas reserves for domestic consumption."

The five Pelagic licenses cover half a million of acres of sea approximately west of Haifa. One of the licenses is estimated to have a 27 percent chance of success.

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(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: anwr; energy; gas; israel; keystonexl; offshore; oil; opec; redsea; waronterror
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Get ready for war with Egypt. They'll claim it.
1 posted on 06/03/2012 7:39:35 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Ogawd here we go.


2 posted on 06/03/2012 7:42:38 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (they have no god but caesar)
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To: Eleutheria5

Bad news for Ahmadinejad and racist-Arab-league.


3 posted on 06/03/2012 7:43:33 AM PDT by Milagros (Y)
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To: Eleutheria5

May make some new freinds.


4 posted on 06/03/2012 7:51:31 AM PDT by Terry Mross ("It happened. And we let it happen." Peter Griffin - FAMILY GUY)
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To: thackney

FYI


5 posted on 06/03/2012 7:52:17 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Eleutheria5

The Jooz are stealing Palestinian oil! Wait, its coming! What will Obama say?


6 posted on 06/03/2012 7:53:17 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft ( WHO WE ELECT AS PRESIDENT IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS WHO THEY APPOINT.)
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To: Alamo-Girl; AmericanGirlRising; autumnraine; bergmeid; bethtopaz; Brad's Gramma; Dewey Revoltnow; ..

ping


7 posted on 06/03/2012 7:55:18 AM PDT by mountn man (Happiness is not a destination, its a way of life.)
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To: Eleutheria5

I think this is great news. In the mean time, we have Obama road blocking American discoveries and recovery.


8 posted on 06/03/2012 8:01:35 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Eleutheria5

This sounds like one of the predictions right out of Joel Rosenberg’s books....


9 posted on 06/03/2012 8:24:48 AM PDT by Road Glide
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To: Eleutheria5
That is the 127th holiest spot in Islam and the UN will demand that Israel not drill there (or some similar BS).
10 posted on 06/03/2012 8:31:12 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (You only have three billion heartbeats in a lifetime.How many does the government claim as its own?)
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To: Eleutheria5

Israel flipping the finger to Iran.


11 posted on 06/03/2012 8:31:19 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: Eleutheria5

Behold, the promised land... not one flowing with milk and honey but one flowing with oil and gas that can be sold for milk and honey.


12 posted on 06/03/2012 8:44:26 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Our economy won't heal until one particular black man is unemployed.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Golda Meir is doing the happy dance.


13 posted on 06/03/2012 8:59:09 AM PDT by Rytas
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To: OrangeHoof

Israel doesn’t have a problem producing milk, honey or much of anything else. It is the stone age cultures that surround it which produce nothing but envy and hatred.


14 posted on 06/03/2012 9:06:48 AM PDT by MSF BU (n)
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To: MSF BU

That pipeline the muzzies keep blowing up could be shut down at the border and Israle can sell directly to the Jordanians with a guaranty on supply.


15 posted on 06/03/2012 9:25:33 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (ABO 2012)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Eleutheria5.


16 posted on 06/03/2012 9:40:32 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: OrangeHoof

There is no milk of goats, nor honey of dates that can compare to our own.


17 posted on 06/03/2012 10:08:27 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: MSF BU

But how do they hate us? Let me count the ways.
They hate us to the depth and breadth and length
Of all that hate can mean. They hate us for
The way that we alone can save them from
Themselves. They hate us beyond reasoning and sense.
But let them hate us for needing us while we
Do not need them. And let them need us endlessly.

Apologies to Elizabeth Barret Browning and for lack of a rhyme scheme.


18 posted on 06/03/2012 10:38:36 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Eleutheria5

This is not news.

This has been identified almost 3 years ago.


19 posted on 06/03/2012 10:55:58 AM PDT by jongaltsr
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To: jongaltsr

It’s news that they’re ready to start drilling.


20 posted on 06/03/2012 11:32:43 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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