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US President Donald Trump waves after arriving on Air Force One, March 18, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, after attending the casualty return at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, for the six crew members of an Air Force refueling aircraft who died when their plane crashed in western Iraq while supporting operations against Iran. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
March 19, 2026, 10:32 am
As Iran strikes Gulf energy sites, Trump says Israel won’t hit its gas field again — but US will if attacks go on
Day after IDF hit its South Pars field, Iran strikes Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, others, warns of ‘uncontrollable repercussions’ of further such attacks; Riyadh says it has right to military action
By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman and Agencies
A black plume of smoke rises from a warehouse at the industrial area of Sharjah City in the United Arab Emirates following reports of Iranian strikes in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
March 2, 2026, 6:51 pm
Energy prices soar as Iran strikes Gulf, disrupts Strait of Hormuz
Missile and drone attacks against oil and gas facilities, closures in key maritime passage cause oil prices to jump nearly 10%, natural gas more than 40%
By David McHugh
The Tamar offshore natural gas platform. (Delek Drilling)
February 17, 2026, 6:24 pm
State report finds Israel unprepared to ensure gas keeps flowing during emergencies
State comptroller appears to urge government to rethink decision to close Haifa refinery, but office claims it is just seeking to guarantee energy supplies when missiles fly
By Sue Surkes
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, right background, attends the signing of an international consortium deal for gas exploration between the Lebanese government and representing officials from France's Total, Italy's ENI, and state-owned oil and gas company Qatar Energy, in Beirut, Lebanon, January 9, 2026. (Lebanese Government press office via AP)
January 9, 2026, 10:29 pm
Lebanon inks deal with international firms to explore gas in offshore area bordering Israel
After reaching maritime border deal with Jerusalem in 2022, Beirut has hoped potential gas discoveries in its waters will help it emerge from a severe economic crisis
By AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center), Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides (left) and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (right) hold a joint press conference after a trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on December 22, 2025. (ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP)
December 23, 2025, 5:41 am
Netanyahu uses summit of Israel, Greece, Cyprus leaders to send warning to Turkey
Participants at trilateral Jerusalem summit agree to boost cooperation in eastern Mediterranean; PM says the three countries can defend against those trying to ‘recreate empire’
By Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg
This picture taken on February 6, 2023 shows a view of Tibbin dual fuel (natural gas and fuel oil) powerplant and Helwan Steelworks, in the Helwan suburb south of Egypt's capital. (Amir MAKAR / AFP)
December 18, 2025, 10:48 pm
Egypt says major natural gas deal with Israel is ‘purely commercial,’ not ‘political’
Cairo approved agreement after weighing ‘economic and investment considerations,’ government media official says, stressing Egypt’s commitment to Palestinian cause
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (right) on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 27, 2018. (Avi Ohayon / PMO/ File)
December 12, 2025, 2:37 am
Netanyahu planning Cairo trip to sign multibillion-dollar gas deal with Egypt
Senior US source confirms to ToI that Israeli officials are working with American diplomats on preparations for trip, which would be PM’s first official state visit to Egypt in 15 years
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Smoke billows from an oil refinery in Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo, Japan, October 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)
June 27, 2025, 7:35 pm
Israel-Iran war was a wake-up call for Asia’s reliance on Middle East oil and gas
Tehran’s threatened blockade on Strait of Hormuz would have shut import route used mainly by China, Japan, India and South Korea, highlighting need for renewable energy production
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL
Energean floating production, storage and offloading vessel. Energean's floating rig arrived at the Karish field in June 2022. (Energean / Suez Canal Authority / AFP)
June 18, 2025, 5:02 pm
Israel will resume natural gas exports once it is deemed safe, says minister
Leviathan, Karish gas fields have been shut since start of Iran conflict, while Tamar remains operational; energy minister says he told Egypt and Jordan that supplies had to be cut
By Steven Scheer
The Eshkol power plant, Israel's largest natural gas powered plant, near the port of Ashdod. (Courtesy)
April 2, 2025, 12:51 pm
OECD urges higher carbon tax, especially on natural gas, to boost move to renewables
Noting that power generation in Israel uses highest share of fossil fuels in OECD, report says emissions from this sector are ‘strongly underpriced by international standards’
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative -- Energean working in the Karish oil field, offshore Israel, in 2020. (Screen capture/YouTube)
July 23, 2024, 2:48 pm
Energean to invest $1.2 billion to develop Katlan gas project off Israel coast
Initial gas production from group of formations located near the existing Karish and Tanin projects planned for first half of 2027
By Reuters
The Leviathan natural gas platform off the shore of Israel. (Albatross)
June 26, 2024, 5:01 pm
Israel grants initial approval for additional gas exports from Leviathan reservoir
Energy minister says that more than doubling the quantity of natural gas exports will boost state revenue and improve diplomatic ties, while domestic energy needs will be secured
By Sharon Wrobel
Yemeni coastguards loyal to the internationally recognized government ride in a patrol boat in the Red Sea off the government-held town of Mokha in the western Taiz province, close to the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, on April 15, 2024. (Khaled Ziad/AFP)
June 21, 2024, 2:43 pm
In rarity, liquefied natural gas ship braves Red Sea days after Houthis sink vessel
Palau-flagged Aysa Energy is first tanker of its kind to sail through area since January, when such trips were halted due to rebels’ attacks
By Emily Chow
The drilling ship Tungsten Explorer is seen off the coast of Dbayeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, on May 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
August 16, 2023, 2:35 pm
After deal with Israel, offshore rig arrives in Lebanese waters to drill for gas
‘We hope that Lebanon will become an oil state,’ says Beirut’s energy minister, as country looks to potential fruit of border agreement with Israel to get it out of its deep crisis
By AP and ToI Staff
View of the Israeli Leviathan natural gas field gas processing rig as seen from Dor Habonim Beach Nature Reserve, on January 1, 2020. (Flash90/File)
July 16, 2023, 8:53 pm
4 groups submit bids for new natural gas exploration tender offshore Israel
Energy Ministry says a total of 9 companies, out which 5 are new, are in the bidding round for licenses
By Sharon Wrobel
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