Israel recognizes Energean’s Katlan gas discovery

Minister of Nationwide Infrastructures Vitality and Water Sources Israel Katz has awarded to Energean plc (LSE: ENOG; TASE: ENOG) CEO Mathios Rigas the approval of the Head of the Gasoline Administration Chen Bar-Yoseph of the license in Block 12 Katlan (Olympus) reservoir as a pure gasoline discovery. Katlan incorporates an estimated 68 BCM.

By regulation, this declaration now permits British-Greek vitality firm Energean to file a improvement plan, which when accredited will allow it to start growing the reservoir, which in a number of years will present extra pure gasoline for the home market and even perhaps for export.

That is the primary gasoline discovery acknowledged by the Israeli authorities since 2015. The Katlan/Olympus subject is positioned between Energean’s Karish and Tanin fields. Energean hopes to provide gasoline from Katlan/Olympus earlier than growing Tanin as a result of it will probably simply hyperlink the brand new subject as much as the close by Karish subject, which is already producing gasoline, and it will not must pay royalties to NewMed Vitality (previously Delek Drilling), which was pressured to promote the sector to Energean as a part of the federal government’s plan to introduce competitors into Israel’s pure gasoline sector.

Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on Might 31, 2023.

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