Noble Energy, partners cut first steel on Leviathan

March 8, 2017
Noble Energy Inc. has cut steel on the Leviathan project offshore Israel.

Offshore staff

HOUSTONNoble Energy Inc. has cut steel on the Leviathan project offshore Israel, according to the participants’ official social media channels.

The ceremony was held on March 7 in Houston. Israel’s Minister of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources Dr. Yuval Steinitz was among those in attendance, along with representatives from Noble Energy’s consortium partners.

The company sanctioned the field’s first phase on Feb. 23. Said to contain 22 tcf of gross recoverable natural gas resources, first gas is targeted by the end of 2019.

Leviathan’s production will be delivered via two 73-mi (117-km) flowlines to a fixed platform located about 6 mi (10 km) offshore. The approved development plan allows for future cost-effective expansion from its initial 1.2 bcf/d capacity to 2.1 bcf/d, Noble Energy said at the project’s sanction.

03/08/2017