Momentum is building for increased partnership between Israel and oil and gas companies in Texas, said an official from America’s Lone Star State. “We’re trying to get Texas companies interested in the oil and gas opportunities here in Israel — not just the major E&P (exploration and production) companies, but all the supporting companies, all the services it takes to run an oil and gas industry,” Clare Freeman, president and CEO of the Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce, told the Jerusalem Post on Tuesday at the Universal Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition in Tel Aviv.