Israel has been exporting gas to Jordan since January, it was announced on Thursday.
Yossi Abu, CEO of Israeli company Delek Drilling, said that “since early this year we started to export, it’s not huge quantities, but it’s still an export to Jordan.” Delek and American company Noble Energy hold controlling stakes in Israel’s Leviathan and the smaller Tamar gas fields and have been largely responsible for their development so far. This is the first time ever that Israel has exported energy.
The AFP says that the gas exports to Jordan are part of a £400m ($490 million) 2014 deal with two state-owned companies, Arab Potash and Jordan Bromine, to import 2 billion cubic meters (71 billion cubic feet) of gas from the Tamar field over 15 years.