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Australia’s Woodside Petroleum to pay $2.5 billion to enter Israeli gas field

Aussie energy firm will pay more than it had originally offered to enter Israel’s Leviathan field, located 80 miles west of Haifa.

By JTA

 

The Australian Woodside Petroleum company signed a $2.5 billion deal to enter the Leviathan gas field in offshore Israel.

A natural gas rig west of Haifa, Israel. - Photo: Albatross Aerial Perspective/AP

Leviathan holds 453 billion cu.m. of gas. – Photo: Albatross Aerial Perspective/AP

The owners of Leviathan were in Australia this week to try to finalize a year-old non-binding deal, worth up to $2.3 billion, The Australian daily reported.

Woodside will pay more than it had originally offered to enter the gas field because its owners want to pipe much of the gas to Turkey and other regional countries. Continue Reading »