PM Netanyahu Meets with Noble Energy Executives
(Communicated by the Prime Minister’s Media Adviser)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today (Monday), 16.4.12, in his office,
met with Noble Energy Chairman and CEO Charles D. Davidson and its Director
of Eastern Mediterranean Operations, Lawson Freeman. Prime Minister's
Office Director-General Harel Locker and National Economic Council Chairman
Prof. Eugene Kandel also attended the meeting.

Prime Minister Netanyahu said that he sees a vital need in the rapid
planning and construction of an additional natural gas terminal in Israel,
which is essential for the energy security of the State of Israel and the
stability of the major companies operating in the region.

The Noble Energy executives discussed the company's various projects in the
region, including the "Tamar" field. They said that company would make
every effort to meet – and perhaps even beat – the April 2013 target date
for the start of gas production from "Tamar". They also informed the Prime
Minister that over the course of the coming summer they will be able to
supply an additional quantity of natural gas for the Israeli market in the
framework of the development of the "Noa" field and the smaller fields
around the "Yam Tethys" field.