(AFP) Noble Energy is to hook up two small natural gas fields to Israel's central gas supply to avoid electricity shortages over the summer due to the cutoff in Egyptian supplies. Binyamin Zomer, director of corporate affairs at Noble Energy, said on Wednesday the firm had drilled the Noa and Pinnacle gas fields off the southern Israeli coast, and planned to connect the two by pipeline to the nearby Mari-B platform, which is connected to a 30-inch pipeline that brings the gas to shore. "It will add significant supplies," he said.
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