Tamar's partners Noble Energy, Inc., Delek Group Ltd., Isramco Inc. and Alon Natural Gas Exploration Ltd. announced the successful completion of the preliminary front end engineering design (Pre-FEED) for a floating liquefaction plant (FLNG). The project will now move to the FLNG project's FEED stage, which will take 6-9 months. The usual cost of the FEED stage is $100 million.

The Tamar partners signed an agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., Pangea LNG BV, and Levant LNG Marketing Corporation to carry out this stage of the project.