Yossi Abu

Yossi Abu (Hebrew: יוסי אבו; born December 7, 1977) Is an Israeli executive who is the chief executive officer of NewMed Energy (formerly Delek Drilling) of the Delek corporation. In his former position he was a professional adviser to the Minister of Finance, Roni Bar-On.

Yossi Abu
Yossi Abu, 2020
Born (1977-07-09) July 9, 1977
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
Occupation(s)CEO of NewMed Energy (Delek Drilling)
Chair of Tamar Petruleum
Former CEO of Avner Oil & Gas

Biography

Yossi Abu was born in the Jerusalem District. Abu has a bachelor's degree in law from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which he graduated with honors, and he completed an internship in law at the lawyer's office Yigal Arnon in Tel Aviv.[1][2]

In the years 2007–2009 Abu was a professional adviser to the Minister of Finance, Roni Bar-On (of the 17th Knesset of Israel) until in March 2009 he was appointed to Commerce and Regulations manager at Delek Energy.

In 2011 he was promoted to the position of NewMed Energy (Delek Drilling) CEO and has been filling this position since then.[3]

As NewMed Energy CEO, Abu led the development of the Tamar gas field, which was the first major off-shore natural gas finding in Israel, and today generates more than 60% of Israel's electricity.[4] In addition, he led the discovering of the Leviathan Natural Gas reservoir finding in 2010 – one of the world's largest offshore gas finding of the past decade.[4][5][6]

As CEO of NewMed Energy he led the financing of the Leviathan Project in the amount of $1.75 billion (The total investment in the first stage of the project was $3.75 billion), and the negotiations with Jordan and Egypt on signing regional export agreements of natural gas from Tamar and Leviathan Reservoirs with an estimated worth of $15 billion.[7][8]

In 2016–2017 he was also CEO of Avner Oil and Gas until its merger with NewMed Energy (Delek Drilling) was signalized <-.[9] From 2017 Abu is chair of Tamar petroleum (resigned during the year 2019) and as of 2018 he is also CEO of Delek Energy.[10]

See also

References
  1. Pilot, Adrian (November 25, 2010). "Yossi Abu – Director of Trade and Regulation in Fuel Energy". Globes. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  2. Sijnja, Jennifer (November 1, 2018). "Yossi Abu, CEO of Delek Drilling". The CEO Magazine. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  3. Pilot, Adrian (March 27, 2011). "Received a promotion: Yossi Abu was appointed CEO of Delek Drilling". Globes. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  4. Lidman, Melanie. "10 things to know about Israel's natural gas". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  5. Yaacov Benmeleh and Mirette Magdy (September 27, 2018). "Israel, Egypt Gas Partners Buy Control of Key Export Pipeline". Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  6. Bronner, Ethan (December 30, 2010). "Israel Confirms Major Natural Gas Discovery". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
  7. "Israeli Leviathan partners get up to $1.75 billion HSBC, JPMorgan..." Reuters. November 27, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  8. "Egyptian, Israeli firms sign $15bn natural gas deal | Egypt News | Al Jazeera". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  9. "Israeli energy firms Delek Drilling, Avner Oil to finally merge". Reuters. May 17, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  10. "Gideon Tadmor leaves Delek Drilling, Yossi Abu is upgraded". Ynet. January 7, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
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