Independent oil and gas producer Noble Energy has announced a natural gas discovery at the Dalit prospect in the Michal license, offshore Israel.
Located in approximately 4,500ft of water and 30 miles offshore, the well was drilled to a depth of 12,000ft. Formation logs identified more than 110ft of net pay in a high-quality reservoir. Dalit represents the company’s second subsalt, lower-Miocene discovery in the underexplored Levantine basin.
According to the company, production testing will be performed at Dalit after the well is completed. Subsequent to testing, the rig will return to the Tamar discovery in the Matan license to drill an appraisal well designed to better define the resources of Tamar.
Noble Energy operates both the Michal and Matan licenses with a 36% working interest. Other interest owners are Isramco Negev-2 with 28.75%, Delek Drilling with 15.625%, Avner Oil Exploration with 15.625% and Dor Gas Exploration with the remaining 4%, said the company.
Charles Davidson, Noble Energy’s chairman and CEO, said: With the successes at Tamar and Dalit, we have opened up a substantial new resource basin, where we have an interest in about three million gross acres.
Noble Energy is an independent energy company engaged in worldwide oil and gas exploration and production. The company operates primarily in the Rocky Mountains, Mid-Continent, and deepwater Gulf of Mexico areas in the United States, with key international operations offshore Israel, UK and West Africa.
