OREANDA-NEWS. December 21, 2015. Delek Group (TASE: DLEKG, US ADR: DGRLY) (“the Company”)  announces pursuant to what was stated in section 1.7.25(3) of the  Company's Annual Report to December 31, 2014 that was published on March 30,  2015 (ref. no. 2015-01-067483), and the Company's Immediate Report dated August  17, 2015 (ref. no. 2015-01-097854) concerning the Government's approval of the  outline plan to increase the amount of natural gas produced from the Tamar  natural gas field and the rapid development of the Leviathan, Karish and Tanin  natural gas fields and other gas fields ("the Gas Outline Plan" or "the  Outline"), subject to provision of a waiver under section 52 of the Anti  Trust Law, 1988 ("the Anti Trust Law"), as stipulated in the Outline,  that on December 17, 2015 the Gas Outline Plan was validated, after the Prime  Minister in his capacity as Minister for the Economy exercised his authority  under section 52 of the Anti Trust Law.

Below (respectively)  are links to the website of the Prime Minister's Office concerning the Prime  Minister's announcement and the wording of the Outline:
http://www.pmo.gov.il/MediaCenter/Speeches/Pages/speechGas171215.aspx
http://www.pmo.gov.il/Secretary/sederyom/gov34/Documents/n105.pdf

The Partnerships,  Delek Drilling Limited Partnership and Avner Oil Exploration Limited  Partnership have added in respect of approval of the Outline that since the  Outline has become effective as stated above, the Partnerships will act to  implement it in accordance with its terms and the terms of the leases, and in  particular will act, together with their partners in the Leviathan and Tamar  leases, to continue making investments and carrying out the necessary actions for  the rapid development of the Leviathan field and the expansion of the Tamar  field.


About  The Delek Group

The Delek Group, Israel's  dominant integrated energy company, is the pioneering leader of the natural gas  exploration and production activities that are transforming the Eastern  Mediterranean's Levant   Basin into one of the  energy industry's most promising emerging regions. Having discovered Tamar and  Leviathan, two of the world's largest natural gas finds since 2000, Delek and  its partners are now developing a balanced, world-class portfolio of  exploration, development and production assets with total gross natural gas  resources discovered since 2009 of approximately 40 TCF.

In addition, Delek Group has a number of assets in downstream  energy, water desalination, and in the finance sector.

For more information on  Delek Group please visit www.delek-group.com