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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

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Tamar natural gas field off the coast of Israel. (Courtesy)
February 2, 2025, 6:22 pm
Azerbaijan’s state oil company to buy 10% stake in Israel’s Tamar gas field
Union Energy, controlled by Israeli businessman Aaron Frenkel, signs an agreement for a share of Israel’s second-largest offshore natural gas field
By Sharon Wrobel
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)
October 7, 2024, 6:53 pm
Chevron suspends work on expansion of Leviathan gas field due to the escalating war
Operator of Israel’s offshore reservoir halts infrastructure plans until April 2025; construction was intended to boost production for export and domestic supply
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: People on a beach as a drilling platform is seen in the background outside from Larnaca port, in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, October 15, 2017. (Petros Karadjias/AP)
September 1, 2024, 4:51 pm
Israel’s NewMed and partners submit $4b plan for Aphrodite gas field off Cyprus
Partners in the field seek to supply natural gas from the Aphrodite field to the domestic market in Cyprus, and to export natural gas by pipeline to other markets, including Egypt
By Sharon Wrobel
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
Tamar natural gas field off the coast of Israel. (Courtesy)
February 18, 2024, 6:13 pm
Chevron partners greenlight $24m investment to boost gas production at offshore site
Energy firms approve second phase of project to expand natural gas production from Tamar field, after securing a new sales agreement for exports to Egypt
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: The Tamar gas field. (NewMed Energy/Delek Drilling)
November 14, 2023, 9:19 am
After 5-week suspension due to war, drilling resumes at Tamar offshore gas platform
Chevron oil giant says it was allowed by Israel to restart operations in natural gas field more than a month after drilling was halted over security concerns
By ToI Staff and AFP
Illustrative: The Tamar gas field. (NewMed Energy/Delek Drilling)
October 9, 2023, 6:54 pm
Amid heavy rocket fire, Israel shuts down Tamar offshore natural gas field
US energy giant Chevron, operator of Tamar reservoir located off Ashkelon coast, says Energy Ministry ordered production at the rig suspended
By Sharon Wrobel
ExxonMobil petroleum refinery and storage tanks, Antwerp, Belgium, July 10, 2022. (ClaudineVM, iStock/Getty Images)
August 3, 2023, 11:14 pm
Study: Investment house with green image pouring public funds into fossil fuels
Altshuler Shaham, which two years ago pledged to halt new investments in fossil fuels, now claims involvement rather than boycotts might better persuade companies to clean up act
By Sue Surkes
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 2, 2023, 6:58 pm
Energy companies to build third pipeline from Israel’s Leviathan gas field
NewMed Energy, Chevron Mediterranean Limited and Ratio Energies teaming up on plan to boost production capacity from about 12 billion to 14 billion cubic meters per year
By AFP
Illustrative: People on the beach take photos of the 'Tungsten Explored' drilling ship, in the southern coastal city of Larnaca, Cyprus, on November 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
May 27, 2023, 12:31 am
Minister: Chevron ‘positive’ about Israeli-Cypriot plans for natural gas pipeline
VP of oil company tells Nicosia he wants to hear views of other energy firms attending gathering next week where Cypriot gov’t will formally pitch plan to secure investor backing
By AP
Illustrative: Stena drilling ship. (NewMed Energy)
May 7, 2023, 8:05 pm
Israel’s NewMed Energy and partners begin drilling at Aphrodite gas field off Cyprus
Energy companies with stake in field, including Chevron and Shell, look to appraise well to confirm estimates on size and scope of the gas deposit
By Sharon Wrobel
Israel's offshore Leviathan gas platform. (Albatross)
March 19, 2023, 4:38 pm
Leviathan group, in push to boost gas output, updates reservoir value to $12.5b
Sales from offshore gas reservoir in 2022 rise to $2.5 billion; partners have plans to increase annual gas supply by about 2 BCM with new subsea pipeline expected in 2025
By Sharon Wrobel
Installations at the Zohr natural gas field off Egypt's coast. (YouTube screen shot)
January 15, 2023, 6:55 pm
Chevron says it discovered ‘significant’ natural gas find off Egypt’s coast
The operator of Israel’s Leviathan and Tamar gas fields says exploration at Egyptian offshore field in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea ‘encountered high-quality reservoirs’
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: The Tamar gas field. (NewMed Energy/Delek Drilling)
December 8, 2022, 7:51 pm
Chevron, partners okay expansion of gas production from Israel’s Tamar field
Energy firms to invest $673 million in boosting gas production to meet growing demand in Israel and neighboring countries
By Sharon Wrobel
Israelis, some wearing protective face masks and some not, on the streets of Tel Aviv, April 21, 2021. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)
April 27, 2022, 4:13 pm
Daily Briefing April 27: Israelis unmasked and the Strauss salmonella scare
Health and science writer Nathan Jeffay discusses no-mask mandate, salmonella in Strauss products as environmental reporter Sue Surkes looks at a Chevron case and wetlands proposal
By ToI Staff
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