A large scale agreement worth over 15$ billion was signed on February 2018 and included gas transactions for 10 years for the amount of 64 BCM with the Egyptian company Dolphinos. The Egyptian president, Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, addressed the deal: "It Has a lot of advantages for us (Egyptians), and I want people to be reassured."[18] In September 2018, Delek Drilling and Noble Energy have announced that together with Egyptian company EastMed, they are acquiring a 39% stake in the EMG Egypt-Israel gas pipeline in order to fulfil their deal with Egypt's Dolphinus.[19]