Tel Aviv—Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL) and Bazan Group are negotiating new natural gas supply agreements for its plants in southern Israel. The companies, which are both controlled by Israel Corp., are looking to lock up long-term supplies from the Tamar and Leviathan offshore fields. The Tamar field is the current supplier to both companies, and they are hoping to increase supplies in the coming years. The Leviathan field has yet to be developed and is not likely to come online until the end of 2019 at the earliest. Meanwhile, gas supplies from the Tamar field to Arab Potash Corp. (APC) are due to commence in 2017, a year behind schedule. The pipeline from the current terminus at the Dead Sea to Jordan is now under construction. The Tamar consortium, which operates the huge offshore gas field, signed an agreement with APC in 2014 for the supply of 1.8 billion cubic meters of gas over ten years.
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