I have kept up some with the developments, thanks very much.
It appears that Jerusalem definitely wants the resource developed, albeit there’ve been too many squabbles yes...
I wondered when it was discovered whether Russia would ever try to take an interest in it....it now appears this is the case. Basically, it is a resource. A resource in demand in Europe, among other places. Russia has been very strategically increasing its control or influence on Europe via energy supplies. If Gazprom gets officially involved now, Russia will have some direct influence on just how (or at what prices) these energy supplies ever make their way to the European market. This would be very strategic for Russia’s other energy/gas interests as well (actually the probable primary concern from Moscow in this matter, I venture).
This is not how I wanted to see things work out, and I doubt it is how Bibi wanted them, either. But, Bibi definitely wants the resource developed and without further delays. Gazprom making a proposal right now might turn out to be an exceptionally astute move for them.
Beyond these strategy-level considerations, I have no inside information. Russia is almost certainly still far more interested in controlling the distribution (and eventaully probably the actual sources) of the Gulf energy products. I think that’s their primary move now, already blocking the Saudi-Omani terrorist gangs that were put into motion to clear a path thru Syria for Arabian fields energy pipeline(s) to Europe. Now that that’s taken care of, Russia will, I think, make further moves to exert more control over the gulf energy ...
but yes, Putin will like to have a say in the dev and/or distrib of the Israeli gas, too.... and he is perfectly capable of working two or three deals at once, to be sure.
Maybe Noble can get in, yet. (But i still think Russia will try to have some say in how that gas is marketed, even if Noble succeeds... we will see...)
Now? This article that Trumponator posted is old news from Oct 19. Scroll back up and look at the date that Trumpinator used.
You can read into it what you want, but there is only one 2 week old source to the story, that you can't actually read. Evidently, the rest of the world hasn't heard about it?
I'm sure the Australian company Woodside had a good reason to bail out.
The world will soon be flooded with nat gas from Iran, the US starts exporting nat gas next year. The Egyptian nat gas field will be developed quickly. Israel has been sitting on this for 5 years, complaining about price.