LNG

Noble Energy and the Israeli Delek Group, owners of the huge Leviathan natural gas field in the East Mediterranean, have signed agreements with Golar LNG and Belgian shipping company Exmar to carry out engineering studies for a possible floating LNG production and export venture offshore Israel.

Delek Group of Israel, the company with stakes in the giant Leviathan field in the Eastern Mediterranean set to come on stream in 2020, said it was one of the bidders for UK North Sea oil and natural gas assets being sold by Chevron Corp. of the US.