Tamar Petroleum

A stormy day in the Israeli energy market: NewMed is launching the first gas survey in Israel in years and returning to search for oil under Leviathan; quarterly profit jumped to $117 million. Expansion of production capacity boosted Tamar Petroleum's revenues to $87 million in the second quarter. Econergy secured huge financing of 229 million euros for the construction of a solar and storage...

The company, which counts billionaire Aaron Frenkel among its prominent shareholders, recorded a 41% jump in quarterly profit thanks to the expansion of the Tamar reservoir. We examine why the first-half results appear lower and how much capital will be distributed to shareholders.