HOUSTON, June 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NBL) today announced the execution of a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) between the Leviathan field partners and BG International Limited (BG) for the supply of natural gas from the Leviathan field, offshore Israel, to BG's existing natural gas liquefaction (LNG) facilities in Egypt. The LOI contemplates a total gross sales quantity of up to 3.75 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas over a 15-year period, or the equivalent of approximately 700 million cubic feet per day over the term. Delivery of the natural gas to BG is expected at the outlet of the Leviathan floating, production, storage, and offloading vessel, with planned connection to the LNG facilities by way of subsea pipeline.
Keith Elliott,
Noble Energy's Senior Vice President, Eastern Mediterranean, commented, "The LOI for the export of natural gas from Leviathan is a very positive development for the project and continues to evidence the strong demand for our discovered resources. Phase 1 of the Leviathan project is designed to provide significant quantities of natural gas to
Israel and regional markets. This transaction, in combination with regional cooperation, will also provide access for Eastern Mediterranean gas into global markets. Negotiations with other potential customers for Leviathan natural gas are progressing, and I anticipate additional agreements to be executed this year in support of the development of the first phase of Leviathan."
A final gas purchase and sales agreement is to be negotiated and will be subject to the receipt of regulatory approvals in Israel and Egypt.
Noble Energy operates Leviathan with a 39.66 percent working interest. Other interest owners are Delek Drilling with 22.67 percent, Avner Oil Exploration with 22.67 percent, and Ratio Oil Exploration (1992) Limited Partnership with the remaining 15 percent. The Leviathan field has an estimated 19 Tcf of discovered natural gas resources.
Noble Energy is a leading independent energy company engaged in worldwide oil and natural gas exploration and production. The Company has core operations onshore in the U.S., primarily in the
DJ Basin and
Marcellus Shale, in the deepwater
Gulf of Mexico, offshore Eastern Mediterranean, and offshore West Africa.
Noble Energy is listed on the
New York Stock Exchange and is traded under the ticker symbol NBL. Further information is available at
www.nobleenergyinc.com.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission requires oil and gas companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose proved reserves that a company has demonstrated by actual production or conclusive formation tests to be economically and legally producible under existing economic and operating conditions. The SEC permits the optional disclosure of probable and possible reserves, however, we have not disclosed the Company's probable and possible reserves in our filings with the SEC. We use certain terms in this news release, such as "discovered natural gas resources," which are by their nature more speculative than estimates of proved, probable and possible reserves and accordingly are subject to substantially greater risk of being actually realized. The SEC guidelines strictly prohibit us from including these estimates in filings with the SEC. Investors are urged to consider closely the disclosures and risk factors in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K and in other reports on file with the SEC, available from Noble Energy'soffices or website, http://www.nobleenergyinc.com.
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