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May 23, 2013

Israeli gas finds secure its self sufficiency
Hadera, Israel (AFP) May 22, 2013
Gas production from huge offshore deposits along its Mediterranean coast is enabling Israel to shift from costly and unreliable imports to a growing self-sufficiency and the potential to become an energy exporter. Politicians and lobbyists are already fiercely grappling over how much of the newly-discovered natural resource can be sold abroad, with the environmental lobby urging caution over the level of exports. Speaking at the control room in Hadera of the country's largest power plant, Eli ... read more

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