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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

Noble Energy

A view of the Leviathan natural gas processing rig from Dor Habonim Beach Nature Reserve, on January 1, 2020. (Flash90)
December 13, 2020, 4:01 pm
Noble Energy-Chevron fined NIS 3.2 million for exceeding emissions cap
Environmental Protection Ministry slams US energy firm for alleged ‘severe’ violations of air pollution limits at offshore Leviathan gas rig
By ToI Staff
Environmental Protection Ministry marine unit inspector Yevgeni Malkin aboard the Leviathan natural gas rig. (Environmental Protection Ministry)
November 15, 2020, 4:55 pm
Israel fines Noble Energy-Chevron NIS 3.78m for polluting sea
‘Chevron take note,’ environmental protection minister warns US company that acquired Noble in October: ‘The polluter pays’
By Sue Surkes
Israel's offshore Leviathan gas platform. (Albatross)
October 12, 2020, 2:18 pm
Five years on, bonanza from offshore gas a pipe dream for most Israelis
Consumers yet to reap the rewards, continuing to pay high electricity bills even as oil and gas prices plunge, and with promised sovereign wealth fund yet to materialize
By Joseph Krauss
An aerial view of the Israeli Tamar gas processing rig 24 kilometers off the Israeli southern coast of Ashkelon.
October 7, 2020, 9:38 pm
IEC asks antitrust boss to probe Noble Energy for holding it ‘hostage’
Israel Electric Corporation says natural gas operator abusing monopoly status by shutting gas taps to keep prices high, despite lower price agreed by other shareholders
By Sue Surkes
A view of the Leviathan natural gas processing rig from Dor Habonim Beach Nature Reserve, on January 1, 2020. (Flash90)
October 5, 2020, 10:47 pm
Chevron seals acquisition of Noble Energy, which operates in Israel gas fields
Israel’s energy minister hails ‘tremendous news for Israel’s economy,’ asserts it will boost energy investment
By Sue Surkes and ToI Staff
An aerial view of the Israeli Tamar gas processing rig 24 kilometers off the Israeli southern coast of Ashkelon.
September 14, 2020, 6:04 pm
Energy Ministry’s Petroleum Council backs Noble Energy-Chevron merger
Despite environmental campaign against Chevron’s entry to Israel, energy minister says US conglomerate’s bid to buy in is a ‘huge expression of confidence in our energy economy’
By Sue Surkes
Paul Singer, seen at the Annual Meeting 2013 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2013. (Wikimedia Commons)
September 10, 2020, 10:54 am
Billionaire Paul Singer’s fund reportedly seeks to scupper Chevron-Noble deal
Activist investor Elliott Management Corp. run by Singer, bought stake in Noble and seeks to halt its $5b sale to Chevron; Noble operates Israel’s two biggest natural gas fields
By Shoshanna Solomon
FILE - In this July 30, 2006 file photo, Mariana Jimenez walks on her farm where burst oil pipes contaminated her land earlier in the month near Lago Agrio, in Ecuador's Amazon region. Late Tuesday, July 10, 2018, Ecuador's highest court upheld a $9.5 billion judgment against oil giant Chevron for decades of rainforest damage that harmed indigenous people. (AP Photo/Lou Dematteis, File)
September 9, 2020, 1:20 pm
International environmental groups unite to warn Israel against Chevron
US expert researching company’s global record finds dozens of cases of litigation; Energy Ministry: ‘We don’t act on ‘gossip,’ we rely on US Energy Ministry support for Chevron
By Sue Surkes
A Chevron gas station offered gas for 30 cents a gallon during the Amazon Studios "Maisel Day" in Santa Monica, Calif., Aug. 15, 2019. (Morgan Lieberman/Getty Images via JTA)
September 1, 2020, 10:29 pm
Noble Energy investor sues over ‘misleading’ info on Chevron merger deal
New York federal court asked to postpone vote until shareholders given access to documents. Plaintiff: Unfair terms will see Noble directors getting rich, investors poorly paid
By Sue Surkes
Screen capture from a video of natural gas being burned off from the Leviathan natural gas processing platform, May 23, 2020. (Screen capture: Walla)
August 31, 2020, 9:20 pm
Leviathan rig staff failed to grasp mortal danger posed by gas leak — report
In damning report, British firm hired to probe malfunctions says platform off Israeli coast falls short on safety assessments and verification, incident investigation and reporting
By Sue Surkes
A tanker truck passes the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, California, on March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
August 17, 2020, 8:43 am
‘Not necessary’ to probe spills linked to Chevron, energy minister says
Despite activists’ calls for urgent public debate about oil giant’s pollution record, Yuval Steinitz ‘confident’ that $5 billion deal to buy Noble Energy will be approved
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A crew works on seepage of 800,000 gallons of oil and brine water oil from an abandoned well in Chevron Corp's Cymric oilfield in McKittrick, California, July 24, 2019 (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)
August 6, 2020, 5:19 pm
Dear Noble Energy shareholders, Chevron is about to take you for a ride
OPINION: Israel won’t keep paying triple price for its own gas, and Chevron’s value will fall when climate is back on the US agenda. You will lose. All of us will.
By Maya Jacobs and Yosef I. Abramowitz
Lawyer Steven Donziger, right, speaks to Huaorani women during the first day of the trial against Chevron-Texaco, in Lago Agrio, on October 21, 2003. A decade after Texaco pulled out of the Amazon jungle, the US petroleum giant went on trial in a lawsuit filed on behalf of 30,000 poor Ecuadoreans who say the company's 20 years of drilling poisoned their homeland. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
July 27, 2020, 6:52 pm
Keep ‘unreliable, immoral’ Chevron Corp. out of Israel, activists urge MKs
Demanding debate on oil giant getting Noble Energy’s Mediterranean stakes, campaigners say Chevron avoiding $9.5b payout for ‘Chernobyl of the Amazon’ spill, boding ill for Israel
By Sue Surkes
View of the Leviathan gas field gas processing rig near the city of Caesarea, on January 31, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
July 22, 2020, 1:13 pm
Chevron’s Noble buy reflects Israel’s ‘warming’ ties with Gulf states — expert
International energy adviser says deal indicates Israel is ‘no longer a taboo’ in industry over fear of Arab boycott; still, the energy giant may end up selling the Israeli assets
By Shoshanna Solomon
Israel's offshore Leviathan gas platform. (Albatross)
July 20, 2020, 4:25 pm
Chevron’s $5b Noble Energy buy brings a new owner to Israel natural gas fields
Noble Energy has played a key role in discovering and developing Israel’s mammoth offshore natural gas fields, Tamar and Leviathan
By Shoshanna Solomon
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