The recent raise in gasoline price stirred up the nation as many protested against the decision to raise prices to 8 NIS per liter. Eventually, Prime Minster Netanyahu intervened and cut back the raise so that the new 95-Octane Petrol price reached as of March, 1st 2012 reached 7.74 NIS ... Read More

The Israeli inflation changed direction and declined by 0.3% for the first time since February 2010. This is a shift direction after the CPI rose by 0.4% in June 2011. In the recent Central Bureau of Statistics report regarding consumer prices changes, the Israeli inflation (CPI) declined by 0.3% during ... Read More

Want a more detailed analysis on Israel’s natural gas market? IBR can do it for you…read here for more  Natural gas in Israel News update According to the Prospectus published in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by Delek Drilling, one of the partners in Tamar with holding shares of 15.6%, there is ... Read More

Want a more detailed analysis on Israel’s natural gas market? IBR can do it for you…read here for more  Another terrorist attack on Egyptian natural gas pipeline  The disruptions in the natural gas pipeline from Egypt continue: on July 4th there was a terrorist attack on the natural gas pipeline that ... Read More

Natural gas supply from Egypt was renewed According to recent report, the natural gas transfer from Egypt to Israel was renewed this week, after the pipeline was sabotaged by terrorists more than a month ago. The sabotage caused an eruption in the transfer of natural gas not only to Israeli but ... Read More

Impediment in Leviatan 2 drilling According to a recent report, the Ministry of National Infrastructure has ordered the deep water drilling company Noble Energy to halt its drilling in the offshore natural gas cache – Leviatan 2. The reason for this impediment was due to a malfunction in the drilling that occurred ... Read More

According to the recent Central Bureau of Statistics the Israeli inflation (CPI) rose by 0.6% during April 2011 compared to March (see chart below). During the first four months of 2011 the Israeli inflation rose by 1.3%. The main sectors that contributed to the rising inflation during April were: Clothing (5.4% increase), ... Read More

Want a more detailed analysis on Israel’s natural gas market? IBR can do it for you…read here for more   Following the putsch in Egypt in which the former president Hosni Mubarak was overthrown, the ramifications on the stability in the region outside of Egypt is already starting to show. By the end ... Read More

In the recent Central Bureau of Statistics the Israeli inflation (CPI) increased by 0.2% on a monthly scale during March 2011 (see chart below). During the first quarter of 2011 the Israeli inflation rose by 0.7%. The main sectors that contributed to the rising inflation during March were:  housing (0.5% increase), food ... Read More

Want a more detailed analysis on Israel’s natural gas market? IBR can do it for you…read here for more There were reports that the drilling in Leviatan, which is owned by Delek drilling, Ratio, Avner and Nobel Energy, discontinued. The reason given was due to mechanical amortization of the drilling pipes. ... Read More