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Natural Gas Bonanza for Israel, Possible Oil Field as Well
Israel National News ^
| 6/3/2010
| Maayana Miskin
Posted on 06/13/2010 8:44:11 PM PDT by bkopto
A survey of the natural gas field off the shore of Haifa is to be released Thursday evening in the United States. According to the Globes financial journal, the field has been discovered to be even larger than previously thought.
The field's estimated size has grown several times as more surveys are conducted. In mid-2009, Yitzchak Teshuva, controlling shareholder who invested in developing the field, originally said the gas reserves could allow Israel to be self-sufficient in energy for two decades, but now it seems that this was a conservative estimate.
Teshuva said Thursday, "The results indicate that in addition to the gas, there are signs of oil at a greater depth. We have turned Israel into a great energy power. Today is a holiday for every citizen of Israel. It's a day of joy," He proceeded to say the Shehecheyanu blessing for new and happy tidings.
Partners in the project plan to make their first deliveries of gas in 2012. Companies involved in the project include Noble Energy, Delek Drilling, and Isramco.
Globes also stated that Noble Energy is planning to bring another offshore platform to Israel. The platform will be imported from the Gulf of Mexico.
A massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has left several companies unable to operate their drilling platforms in the area. For that reason, Noble Energy was able to secure a long-term lease deal for the platform at an unusually low rate.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
TOPICS: Egypt; Extended News; Israel; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; energy; israel; jordan; methane; opec; petroleum; pipeline; russia; sinai; syria; waronterror
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Why, the Jooooos can't drill there. Mohammed pee'd in the Mediterranean near Haifa, and thus it is one of the holiest mooselimb sites.
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posted on
06/13/2010 8:44:11 PM PDT
by
bkopto
To: bkopto
Joel Rosenberg had this in one of his books - Israel making significant gas/oil finds and it becoming a contributing cause for other nations to attack them (as if the existing issues weren't enough).
Good for Israel. How do you say "Drill, baby, drill" in Hebrew?
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posted on
06/13/2010 8:55:05 PM PDT
by
Bosco
(Remember how you felt on September 11?)
To: Bosco
Rosenberg’s book was the first thing that came to my mind. The prescience in his books is just scary.
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posted on
06/13/2010 9:01:52 PM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(Integrity, Honesty, Character, & Loyalty still matter)
To: AngieGal
To: bkopto
The Palestinians will claim it was stolen from them.
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posted on
06/13/2010 9:09:46 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
To: bkopto
ROFL, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaaha.
That is the funniest statement I have ever seen. ROFL
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posted on
06/13/2010 9:10:06 PM PDT
by
annieokie
To: BuckeyeTexan
That is because they are based on Bible prophesy.
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posted on
06/13/2010 9:10:54 PM PDT
by
SubMareener
(Become a monthly donor! Free FreeRepublic.com from Quarterly FReepathons!)
To: BuckeyeTexan
More than a few people have attributed the contents of his books as being "prescient".
Are you aware of how he responds to people when they tell him that?
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posted on
06/13/2010 9:11:51 PM PDT
by
Bosco
(Remember how you felt on September 11?)
To: Bosco
One way of saying “Drill, baby, drill” is “Shtup, bubbalah, shtup”, but that is the Madelaine Kahn version (You have to see “Blazing Saddles” to understand.
However, I don’t think that “shtupping” is the exact yidishha word for what you mean.
To: BuckeyeTexan
Except he forgets that Mystery Babylon is America, not Iraq.
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posted on
06/13/2010 9:20:32 PM PDT
by
TwoLegsGood
("...my sin is ever before me" - King David)
To: Bosco
How do you say "Drill, baby, drill" in Hebrew?
מקדחה מקדחה בייבי
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posted on
06/13/2010 9:32:41 PM PDT
by
pyx
(Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
To: bkopto
Sounds like poetic justice.
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posted on
06/13/2010 9:33:33 PM PDT
by
dr_who
To: BuckeyeTexan
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posted on
06/13/2010 9:39:43 PM PDT
by
FlyVet
To: bkopto
They can call the new Israeli Company.. GAZA Gas & Oil!
To: bkopto
In mid-2009, Yitzchak Teshuva, controlling shareholder who invested in developing the field, originally said the gas reserves could allow Israel to be self-sufficient in energy for two decades, but now it seems that this was a conservative estimate. What a novel idea.
It might work for Israel, but self-sufficiency would never work in the US.
(/s)
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posted on
06/13/2010 10:04:12 PM PDT
by
TYVets
(I want to see Congress required to get their healthcare in VA hospitals)
To: Bosco
“How do you say “Drill, baby, drill” in Hebrew?”
Drill, Abi, drill!!
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posted on
06/13/2010 10:09:34 PM PDT
by
Spok
(Free Range Republican)
To: bkopto
Issue an anti natural gas fatwa right away!
Fatwa on Yitzchak Teshuva!
Allah will punish these non believers. The spice is Allah's!
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posted on
06/13/2010 10:19:39 PM PDT
by
Candor7
(Obama .......yes.......is a fascist... ...He meets every diagnostic of history)
To: bkopto
Israel never should have given up the Sinai.
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posted on
06/13/2010 10:32:31 PM PDT
by
montag813
(http://www.StandWithArizona.com)
To: pyx
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posted on
06/13/2010 10:52:01 PM PDT
by
gigster
To: pyx
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posted on
06/13/2010 10:52:43 PM PDT
by
gigster
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