Navitas Petroleum
Navitas Petroleum is a publicly traded oil and natural gas exploration and production partnership focused on North America. Navitas is listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and is part of the Tel-Aviv 125 index, which includes the largest traded companies in Tel Aviv. The company has offices in Herzliya, Israel, Houston, Texas, and London, UK.
Key Persons
Gideon Tadmor co-founded Navitas and serves as the partnership's executive chairman. Tadmor has previously held various leadership roles, including chairman of Delek Drilling Limited Partnership and founder and CEO of Avner Oil and Gas LP. He has been a pioneer in major natural gas discoveries, including the Tamar, Leviathan, and Aphrodite fields offshore Israel and Cyprus. Tadmor and his team have been involved in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas assets for over 30 years. Other founding partners at Navitas include Koby Katz, the deputy chairman, who previously served as the Director General of the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy, and Water, as well as co-CEO of Delek Energy and chairman of Delek Drilling.Amit Kornhauser is the CEO of Navitas Petroleum, having held the position since January 2022. Prior to this role, Kornhauser served as CFO of Navitas Petroleum for five years and, before that, was CFO of Delek Energy, which was involved in the establishment and leadership of Israeli offshore natural gas discoveries.