10.07.2011                      08.Tammus, 5771

Landkauf:

Did natural gas companies secretly buy land in Acre?

An unknown group called Contec Medical Vision offered to buy the land from the liquidator a few months ago; real estate market sources claim land is ideal for gas company to build underwater pipeline from offshore reserve to onshore holding facility.

Are the partners in the Tamar natural gas field planning to bring the gas ashore via a pipeline to Acre? A plot of land that would perfectly suit their needs was recently purchased south of the city, leading sources in the real estate sector to speculate that the partners are behind the move.
The 430-dunam plot was on the market for seven years, but it had no buyers. It had been occupied by Electrochemical Industries, which went bankrupt in 2003. Since then, the company's property has been in protracted liquidation….