Noble Energy VP in Israel to discuss natural gas

The VP of Noble Energy, the US company operating Israel’s Tamar natural gas field, arrives Monday for talks with senior officials on the developing natural-gas reform being pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

According to the business journal Globes, Keith Elliot will discuss with Israeli officials, among other issues, the price controls Israel will impose on the gas and the development of the larger Leviathan field.

“Marathon meetings between Delek Group and Noble Energy representatives and the [government’s] regulatory team were held on Sunday and continued the following day,” Globes reports. “No date has yet been set for a government hearing on the agreement and, despite earlier estimates which believed the discussions would end this week, it now appears that the talks will continue into next week.”