Huge gas reserves discovered off coast of Haifa

[shira]

Three massive gas reservoirs have been discovered 80 kilometers off the Haifa coast, at the Tamar prospect, Noble Energy Inc. announced on Sunday.

The Tamar-1 well, located in approximately 5,500 feet of water, was drilled to a total depth of 16,076 feet. The thickness and quality of the reservoirs found were greater than anticipated at the location.

Charles D. Davidson, Noble Energy's chairman, president and CEO, said in an announcement that his company was "extremely excited by the results. This is one of the most significant prospects that we have ever tested and appears to be the largest discovery in the company's history."

Speaking on Army Radio Sunday morning, an exhilarated Yitzhak Tshuva, owner of the Delek Group Ltd, one of the owners of the well, called the discovery "one of the biggest in the world," promising that the find would present a historic land mark in the economic independence of Israel.


"I have no doubt that this is a holiday for the State of Israel. We will no longer be dependent for our gas, and will even export. We are dealing with inconceivably huge quantities; Israel now has a solution for the future generations," Tshuva added.

An ecstatic Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said before the weekly cabinet meeting that the discovery was a "historic" one and could "change the face of Israeli industry."

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1232265973374

[xchrom]

1. i'd recommend this but i can't. nt

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. Hmmmm, they'd better count their lucky stars that shrub is gone

cuz... after all, they actually do have WMDz.

[.... callchet ....]

3. There are huge gas reserves in the Ohio Valley

near Wheeling West Virginia. They were discovered, then drilled and capped off in the early 70's. Nobody has been back there since then. There are hundreds of wells. Capped and never used.

[ohio2007]

4. so much for peak oil and depleted resources. Even congress is opening up the shelf for discovery

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estimates are that the Outer Continental Shelf holds 86 billion barrels of oil and 420 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Offshore areas could potentially contain much more oil and gas and have not been explored in 25 years
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http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE50F6O820090116

[peacetalksforall]

5. Yep, postings related to the Gaza Strip invasion that included reports of the gas are substantiated?

[ohio2007]

6. Can't wait for the reports of oil being discovered in Sudan,Somolia,Zimbabwe,Siri Lanka,Ukrain

Baltics,
the list of hot spots is as vast as peak oil threats

[peacetalksforall]

7. We know there is rich gas reserves in Bolivia, plus minerals. The Bush administration

thought of them as peasants who didn't deserve to own it and established bases in Paraguay to get ready to invade.

And Paraguay was targeted as it is part of the second largest fresh water reserve in the world.

This advance by corporations who are allowed to use the military and state departments to own it has to change.

The extraction of gas at the far end of the Mediterranean is going to be interesting - many countries will have a say in the safety of it. Perhaps less dangerous than the ocean, but this is getting close to earthquake country.

[azurnoir]

9. well I hope you have not waited to long

Help the people of Darfur: reclaim Sudan's stolen oil

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0731/p09s02-coop.html

Zimbabwe claims landmark oil discovery

http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/discover/dix72427.htm

The Ukraine is important for tranporting and i believe processing Russian oil

as far as i know neither Sri lanka or Somalia have much oil to speak of

[azurnoir]

10. The deposit was discovered in late 1999 or early 2000

google it or don't doesn't make it any less true

[IndianaGreen]

19. If they come from Team Palestine, they are not substantiated.

If they come from Team Israel, they are.

"We've always been at war with Eastasia."

[GoesTo11]

8. God isn't boycotting Israel

The timing of this should make some Hamas heads explode (not literally).

[shira]

11. I was thinking the same thing

Looks like Allah is boycotting Hamas and their supporters in a very big way recently.

[azurnoir]

12. well it is nice to see the religious chime in it makes

some things so clear so God was on your side? It is interesting though that God chose to place this great gift about 50 miles off the coast of Haifa which is about 30 miles from the Lebanese border.

[GoesTo11]

13. Is this prophesied in the end times?

Since we're talking religion and the middle east.

[azurnoir]

14. Don't know

I am not up on biblical prophecy don't remember anything from Nostradamus but he is open to interpretation

[shira]

15. so pointing out Allah's displeasure

with Hamas's religious fanatics makes me religious?

Good to know.

Thanks.

:eyes:

[azurnoir]

16. No it was agreeing with

God or G-d not boycotting Israel

[shira]

23. sigh

next time, just for you, I'll be sure to include :eyes: or :sarcasm: okay?

[azurnoir]

24. If you want I was surprised never made you for the

religious type.

[shira]

25. sorry to disappoint

but I'm not religious. But out of curiosity, what if I were? Would that be bad?

[azurnoir]

26. Actually it depends if you or anyone for that matter

were a fundamentalist anything, most likely but that would have already come across in your posts which was why I was surprised, beyond that I don't really care

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[cali]

17. wtf?

god has jackshit to do with this. but thanks for injecting some religious nuttery into this discussion. ugh.

[GoesTo11]

21. So you agree with me

I just said God *isn't* boycotting Israel. Not that God had anything to do with this.

It's evidence against those who say God will punish Israel, more than it is evidence that God is rewarding Israel and more than it is evidence of the existence of God.

[IndianaGreen]

20. God died in Auschwitz!

The God we were taught was in charge of history, that always intervened in human affairs, died in Auschwitz!

“Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest”

-- Diderot

[IndianaGreen]

18. They are also off the coast of Gaza, which may explain Israel's crimes there

It all comes down to energy, doesn't it? Israeli imperialism is no different from any other imperialism no matter how you coated. To the steer being slaughtered, it matters not whether the butcher is kosher or not, one is still dead!

[eyl]

30. Methinks you'r talking about

two different deposits - Gaza is considerably more than 80km from Haifa.

[Joanne98]

27. Man, this gas deal is complicated. Has anyone else figured it out yet?

From what I can get Greek Cypriot signed a deal with Lebanon and Egypt to "relax" the water boundaries over Turkey's objection. Greek Cypriot reward was getting into the EU. Turkey protested on the behalf of Turk Cypriot. What I don't understand is how did Israel end up with the gas? I know an Israeli company got rights but they must have did that after the boundary agreement. Who was helping them. Egypt? Lebanon? Greek Cypriot made a dumb deal. This is complex. Another question. Does Greece have any thing to do with it?



Greek Cypriots seek legitimization


Against Turkey's strong objections, the Greek Cypriot administration opened a bidding process to license offshore oil and gas exploration on Thursday.
The venture has threatened to revive tension in the region, where contested sea boundaries also exist between neighbors Greece and Turkey. The Greek Cypriots were the intransigent side rejecting the Annan plan for Cyprus in the 2004 referendum, and yet they were generously rewarded.

They are now full members of the EU and are effectively blocking Turkey's membership by shelving the accession talks. They have also managed successfully to force the EU to renege on its promises to lift the isolation imposed on the Turkish Cypriots

The tension between Turkey and Greek Cypriot is in a hidden ongoing process. However, the Greek Cypriots' move made it visible.

Lebanon and the Greek Cypriot administration last month signed an agreement for the delineation of an undersea border to facilitate future oil and gas exploration between the Mediterranean country and the island.

Turkey had warned Greek Cyprus not to search for oil and gas in the area, where it said it also has legal rights and interests.

Ankara warned Lebanon and Egypt not to press ahead with oil and gas exploration deals signed with the Greek Cypriots, saying that Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots also have rights in the region.

"The delineation of the continental shelf or of exclusive economic rights in the eastern Mediterranean is only possible through arrangements that would take into account the rights and interests of all parties," Turkish officials underlined earlier.

Ankara sees the oil dispute with the Greek Cypriot administration as Greek Cyprus' move to seek legitimization with the oil trump card.

Although the Greek Cypriot administration is recognized by the United Nations and the European Union, Ankara believes that Greek Cypriot administration is trying to push its legitimization. According to Ankara, the oil dispute is a Greek Cypriot tool for success on the international stage.

Ankara believes that there is an ongoing deadlock on the island of Cyprus, including controversial sovereignty over the land, but that seeking sovereignty at sea is neither legal nor acceptable.

Turkey doesn't recognize agreements between the Greek Cypriot administration and Lebanon and Egypt, and Ankara has pointed out that Turkey noted this opposition in United Nations reports. However Ankara believes that boosting its relations with Lebanon and Egypt are important.

Continued>>>
http://www.greekmurderers.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=157&Itemid=17

[bemildred]

29. LOL.

They will be bickering about it for decades, until the gas is gone. Depend on it.

[Joanne98]

28. Linking my other thread....

I posted some things on Deleck Group...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3696317