- Noble Energy (NBL -2.8%) and Delek Drilling (OTC:DKDRF) say the first of four giant barges transporting the Leviathan natural gas platform to Israel has departed the Gulf of Mexico ahead of its planned offshore installation in September.
- Five operational structures - the 38K-ton topsides of the Leviathan platform – will make the trans-Atlantic journey, with the remaining barges due to set sail from Texas in the coming weeks.
- After connecting the units to the platform, NBL will start a series of commissioning tests before initiating commercial gas flow to the Israeli market before the end of 2019.
- Leviathan, with 22T cf of reserves, was discovered in 2010 and is one of the world's largest gas discoveries of the past decade.