Petroleum exploration and production activities in Israel are rapidly developing with significant discoveries of natural gas in offshore areas. The recently discovered Tamar and Leviathan giant gas fields could potentially bring about fundamental changes to the economy of the country, and this necessitates establishing an effective regulatory and monitoring system for exploration and production activity. The development of domestic natural gas production is a priority of the nation’s energy policy which aims to secure and diversify the country's energy supply, encouraging investments in exploration and production operations.
To date, more than 20 companies are engaged in various stages of exploration and production activity, under more than 40 petroleum licenses. More than 10 oil and gas fields have been discovered, with estimated total resources in place of more than 750 BCM of natural gas. In the course of the next 5 years, various exploration companies plan to drill about 5 to 10 exploration wells onshore and about 10 to 15 exploration wells offshore.
The Ministry of National Infrastructures in Israel, wishes to receive information regarding possibilities for training and educating its technological/ supervisory personnel in the Natural Gas & Oil Industry. The training should focus mainly on providing the practical basis required for engineering regulatory safety monitoring and supervision over the construction, operation, maintenance and emergency times’ operations of the petroleum licenses holders.
Companies, organization and institutes willing to submit such a proposal are invited to do so by an informal offer indicating: relevant details of the submitter, including description of related expertise and relevant practice in training, the type of training offered and its designated audience, duration, costs, location, and any other relevant information.
It should be noted, that submitters will not receive any compensation for their proposal, nor is the ministry obliged to adopt any or some of the proposals.
The deadline for submission of proposals is December 28, 2011. The Proposal and any questions or clarifications should be sent by email to Dr.
Bracha Halaf