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    Re: Israel's rep Mary; Israel-Greece gas deal vs Turkey-Italy-Libya nm Archived Message

    Posted by Mary on January 18, 2020, 7:23 am, in reply to "Israel's rep Mary; Israel-Greece gas deal vs Turkey-Italy-Libya nm"

    Spot on David.

    Octogenarian geologist behind Israel’s giant gas field eyes foreign waters

    Eitan Aizenberg, who identified country’s largest natural gas field off the Mediterranean coast, says Israelis have competitive edge in oil and gas exploration
    By SHOSHANNA SOLOMON
    18 April 2018,

    'Eitan Aizenberg, an octogenarian geologist who discovered Israel’s giant natural offshore gas field, Leviathan, says he is just “in the middle of the walk” of his life. He has much more work to do, and together with his partners, he is setting sights on faraway shores, determined to use the technologies, faith and insight he used in Israel to now detect new foreign natural resources.'

    'After ending his job in the Sinai he moved to Texas where he worked as a geologist at a private US firm only to return to Israel to see what could be done with his skills locally. In 1992, he set up together with Israeli partners, the Landau and Rotlevy families, an exploration firm, Ratio Oil Exploration (1992) LLP and together they embarked on what would turn out to be a rollercoaster, but successful adventure. His new partners put in most of the money, of course, but they insisted he also cough up some of the funds.'

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/octogenarian-geologist-behind-israels-giant-gas-field-eyes-foreign-waters/

    It's long piece including several references to Israel's 70th 'birthday' in 2018.

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