The Finance and National Infrastructure ministries said that companies have until mid-September 2009 to bid for the project which was approved by the government of Israel in May 2009 after a Noble Energy Inc. (Noble Energy) led group found huge gas reserves at Tamar well in the eastern Mediterranean.
Noble Energy holds 36% of the location whereas Isramco Negev owns 28.75% and Avner Oil Exploration and Delek Drilling have 15.625% each.
