Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Delek Group Ltd. is in talks with HSBC Holdings Plc and Barclays Plc for a loan of about 1 billion shekels to refinance Tamar gas field debt and finance new equipment for Tamar, Calcalist reported, without saying where it got the information.

A spokesman for Delek declined to comment, when contacted by Bloomberg News today.

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