Some of the partners in Israel's Tamar natural gas site have agreed to sell an additional 2 billion cubic meters of gas to state utility Israel Electric Corp for about $290 million, one of the partners said.
Isramco Negev ISRAp.TA said in a regulatory filing in Tel Aviv the purchase price would be lower than in the initial agreement and that it would be joined by partners Tamar Petroleum and Alon Natural Gas Exploration,
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It said other partners in Tamar, Noble Energy and Delek Drilling, were offered to participate.
In a separate filing on Monday, Delek Drilling said the deal went against another supply agreement IEC had signed with partners in the larger Leviathan gas field, which include Delek and Noble.
