U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Diplomacy Amos Hochstein, who attended the signing in Jordan’s capital of Amman, brokered the deal, reported the Times of Israel, an online English-language Israeli daily.
The $500 million agreement between the Israeli firm Delek Group Ltd. (TLV:DLEKG) and Houston-based Noble Energy (NYSE:NBL), both stakeholders of one of Israel’s biggest offshore gas fields, Tamar, would provide 1.8 billion cubic meters of gas to Arab Potash and Jordan Bromine over 15 years starting in 2016.
“I would like to express my gratitude to the United States State Department for their role in advancing this tremendous opportunity,” said Lawson Freeman, Noble Energy’s vice president for the Eastern Mediterranean.
