Noble Hits Gas Offshore Israel

Noble Energy said it has discovered gas at Tamar Southwest exploration well offshore Israel.

The Tamar SW well, testing a new exploration prospect, encountered approximately 355 feet of net natural gas pay within the targeted Miocene intervals.  Tamar SW, which was drilled to a total depth of 17,420 feet in 5,405 feet of water, is the company’s eighth consecutive discovery in the Levant Basin.

The field is located approximately 8 miles southwest of the Tamar field.  Evaluation of drilling data and wireline logs has confirmed the range of gross resources of the field to be between 640 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas and 770 Bcf.

The well encountered high-quality reservoir sands, with per well productivity anticipated to be approximately 250 million cubic feet of natural gas per day.

Noble Energy operates Tamar SW with a 36 percent working interest. Other interest owners are Isramco Negev 2 with 28.75 percent, Delek Drilling with 15.625 percent, Avner Oil Exploration with 15.625 percent and Dor Gas Exploration with four percent.

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LNG World News Staff, December 4, 2013