About Ratio Petroleum

Ratio Petroleum is a partnership with energy business orientation which was founded in 2011. The Partnership was established after the discovery of Leviathan, when the geologist and entrepreneur, Eitan Aizenberg, who has served as the SVP Exploration and Production of Ratio Petroleum since its founding, approached the Landau and Rotlevy families to establish a partnership which would engage in gas and oil exploration worldwide.

Ratio Petroleum’s strategy focuses on operating in areas where great potential is spotted and no significant petroleum discoveries have yet been made, like the Levant Basin prior to the Leviathan and Tamar discoveries. This strategy was proven in the Guyana Basin, which is currently considered one of the “hottest” locations in the world for exploration, development, and production of oil. From 2015 to this day, over from 20 discoveries in the basin have found over 10 billion barrels of oil.

At the beginning of 2021, the Partnership announced the Tanager-1 discovery in the Kaieteur Block offshore Guyana, with proven reserves of 65 million barrels of oil.

Ratio Petroleum currently holds petroleum interests in three different basins on opposite sides of the world: Guyana, Morocco Atlantic, and the East Palawan Basin in the Philippines. The total area of Ratio Petroleum’s petroleum interests is approx. 130,000 sq km. The Partnership continues to search for more assets and investment opportunities around the world.

The partners of Ratio Petroleum are some of the world’s leading energy companies, including ExxonMobil, Hess, ONHYM.

The Partnership made an IPO in 2017, and it is traded on the leading indices of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, including the Oil & Gas Exploration Index.

Key milestones

2012

Application filed for an offshore exploration license in Block B (later the “Kaieteur Block”) in Guyana.

2015

Exploration license in Guyana received

2016

Winning of Philippines government tender for an exploration license

January 2017

Ratio Petroleum issued on the TASE

2017

20% of the interests in Block 47 in Suriname purchased

2018

Awarded an SC76 exploration license in the Philippines, following winning a tender in 2016

August 2018

Drilling commences of the Tanager-1 exploration well in the Kaieteur Block in Guyana

December 2020

Discovery in the Tanager-1 well in Guyana

2021

Drilling of Goliathberg Voltzberg North-1 (GVN-1) in Block 47 in Suriname. No indications of significant quantities of oil were found in the well.

The Government of Morocco granted Ratio exclusive rights to study and research in the Dakhla Atlantique Block

In recent years, the Partnership has also operated in Malta, Ireland,  the North Sea and Suriname

Eran Cario - General Counsel

An attorney serving as the General Counsel of the Partnership, with over ten years of legal experience in securities law, the capital market, corporate law, and commercial law. Holds an LL.M from Haifa University. Before entering the position, worked as an attorney at the law offices of Agmon & Co. Rosenberg Hacohen & Co.

Shiri Moskovich CFO

CPA who holds a B.A. in Accounting and Information systems from “Lev Academic Center” and an M.B.A. from the College of Management. Prior to this position, worked as CFO in a Medical Devises Hi-tech company

Gal Hartman - Exploration Manager

a geophysicist and geologist with over ten years of experience in the areas of geological and geophysical research and in the oil and gas industry. As part of his experience, engaged in operating geophysical surveys, interpretation, and assessment of seismic data including advanced geophysical analyses. Gal is also involved in academic research and collaborations with universities in Israel and worldwide. He works extensively in formulating and implementing the decisions in Ratio Petroleum regarding exploration. Holds a PhD degree in Geophysics from Tel Aviv University.

Eitan Aizenberg SVP Exploration & Production

Co-founder of Ratio Petroleum, SVP Exploration & Production. An entrepreneur and manager, with decades of geological and technical experience in exploration, development and production of oil and gas. Among other things, located the Leviathan gas field in the Mediterranean and the Alma field in the Gulf of Suez initiated the establishment and operations of Ratio Petroleum. In addition, in 2011 Mr. Aizenberg analyzed and identified the potential of the Guyana-Suriname Basin, prior to the significant oil discoveries which were later made by ExxonMobil, and he worked to acquire Ratio Petroleum’s interests in Guyana (Kaieteur Block). Holds an MSc in Geology from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, focusing on minerology-petrography and chemistry.

Itay Raphael - CEO

one of the entrepreneurs of Ratio Petroleum’s operations, with over ten years of business, commercial and legal experience in the area of oil and gas exploration. Works vis-à-vis various international entities in the oil and gas industry, including business and commercial bodies and government entities. Holds an LL.B and a B.A. in Business Management from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.

Rinat Gazit- External Director

Has held the office of outside director since 2017. In recent years, worked as a manager of mergers and acquisitions and as a manager of investment operations in leading corporations in the Israeli market in the energy, natural resources, security, real estate, and finance industries. Holds a B.A. in Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology from Haifa University, and an M.B.A. from Tel Aviv University.

Amos Sapir-Eternal Director

Has held the office of external director since 2017. Serves as a director in a number of public companies. In recent years, held the offices of Chairman of the Board of Migdal Insurance Ltd. and Migdal Holdings Ltd., director of Bank Leumi, outside director of Hot Telecommunication Systems Ltd. and in a number of private companies. Holds a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University, New York, and undertook PhD studies in Finance and Banking at Columbia University, New York.

Giora Romm- Independent Director

Has held the office of independent director since 2017. Held the office of Chairman of the National Road Safety Authority until 2019, and CEO of the Civil Aviation Authority until 2014. After retiring from the IDF with the rank of Major General, he held the office of CEO of the Ministry of National Infrastructure, and afterwards of CEO of the Jewish Agency. Holds a B.A. in Economics from Bar Ilan University and an M.B.A. from UCLA University.

Zorik Rotlevy – Director

Has held the office of director since the establishment of the Partnership. Serves as a director in Rotex (1980) Ltd., CEO of Lodzia-Rotex Investment Ltd. and also as a mediator attorney in court cases. Holds an LL.B from the Interdisciplinary Center, a B.A in Psychology and History from Tel Aviv University, and an M.B.A from Columbia University, New York.

Yuval Landau – Director

Co-founder of Ratio Petroleum, has held the office of director since the establishment of the Partnership. Also holds the office of director in Ratio Oil Exploration-LP, Ratio Oil Exploration (Finance) Ltd., and in several other public and private companies.

Yigal Landau -Director

Co-founder of Ratio Petroleum, has held the office of director since the establishment of the Partnership. Also holds the offices of CEO and director in Ratio Oil Exploration-LP and of director in Ratio Oil Exploration (Finance) Ltd. and in a number of other public and private companies.

Yair Rotlevy – Director

Co-founder of Ratio Petroleum, has held the office of director since the establishment of the Partnership. Also holds the office of director in Ratio Oil Exploration-LP and in Ratio Oil Exploration (Finance) Ltd., and of director in several other public and private companies.

Ligad Rotlevy – Chairman of the Board

Co-founder of Ratio Petroleum, has held the office of director and Chairman of the Board since the establishment of the Partnership. Also holds the office of Chairman of the Board of Ratio Oil Exploration (Finance) Ltd., and of director in a number of other private and public companies.