Businessman Yitzhak Tshuva becomes the controlling shareholder of Delek Group, deciding to strengthen the Group’s energy operations. He enlists the American energy giant Noble Energy (now Chevron) to his side, and together the two companies work to explore natural gas deposits on the coasts of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Tshuva’s vision and belief that Israel could become energy independent nation through domestic energy sources became the driving force that, several years later, led to the discovery of major gas reservoirs offshore Israel, and transformed the country into a regional energy exporter.
