01 April 2013 - orsam

The IDF confirmed the occurrence and
stated it was investigating the details of
the incident.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian
-kids-reportedly-injured-from-stonethrowing/
Natural gas from Tamar field reaches
Israel
One day after it was first pumped to Israeli
shores, valuable resource flows to
processing plant for use in energy market
By Times of Israel staff and AP March 31,
2013, 11:08 pm 1
Natural gas from the offshore Tamar field
reached Ashdod on Sunday night after it
was pumped to Israeli shores for the first
time Saturday, four years after its
discovery.
The Tamar deposit, discovered in 2009
some 90 kilometers west of Haifa, holds
an estimated 8.5 trillion cubic feet of
natural gas.
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On Saturday, hailed a “historic” and an
“important day for the Israeli economy”
by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
natural gas from the field was pumped to
a newly erected facility on the coast of
Ashdod, connected to the gas field via
pipelines laid out on the ocean floor, 150
kilometers long and 16 inches wide.
On Sunday, the gas finally reached the
Ashdod processing plant from which it will
start to flow into the Israeli market.
This newly harnessed resource promises
to be a major boon to both the country’s
public and private energy needs.
The gas from Tamar is expected to help
meet Israel’s energy needs for the next 20
years, Channel 2 said, and will save the
economy some NIS 13 billion (some $3.5
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