自从以色列于1998年在其海上首次发现天然气以来,该国的石油和天然气工业发展不仅促进了自身经济发展,还提供了一个外交工具,用来与一些邻国建立更好的国家关系。继美国相对较小的独立石油和天然气生产商诺布尔能源(Noble Energy)公司在以色列发现世界上最大的深水天然气后,以色列于2009年成为油气生产迅速增长 Since Israel first discovered natural gas at its sea in 1998, the country’s oil and gas industry has not only promoted its own economic development, it has also provided a diplomatic tool to establish better national relations with some of its neighbors. After the discovery of the world’s largest deep-water natural gas in Israel by Noble Energy, the relatively small independent oil and gas producer in the United States, Israel became a rapidly growing oil and gas producer in 2009