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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
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 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)
December 21, 2022, 6:24 pm
Large natural gas field discovered off Cyprus
Field estimated to hold 2-3 trillion cubic feet of hydrocarbon fuel, as eastern Mediterranean including Israel’s territory estimated to have enough supply for export until 2050
By AP
Illustrative photo of a natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
December 19, 2022, 3:57 pm
Egypt says it found large natural gas deposit in eastern Mediterranean
Petroleum minister tells parliamentary committee well in Nagris block still being evaluated; energy newsletter reports its size as 3.5 trillion cubic feet
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The Tamar gas field. (NewMed Energy/Delek Drilling)
December 6, 2022, 6:50 pm
Israeli energy firm signs joint natural gas exploration deal with Morocco
Israel’s NewMed and Adarco Energy each awarded 37.5% stake in Boujdour Atlantique, with license for 8 years; Morocco to get remaining share
By ToI Staff and Sharon Wrobel
Qatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad Sherida al-Kaabi, center left, with Emirati Energy and Infrastructure Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei, center right, during the Gastech 2021 conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
November 23, 2022, 11:16 pm
Qatar to join consortium pumping gas from offshore field straddling Lebanon, Israel
Last week’s deal with France’s TotalEnergies and Italian ENI includes approval for state-owned energy giant to join group exploring in formerly disputed area
By Lazar Berman
Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies Patrick Pouyanne arrives at the Elysee Palace for a meeting with France's president and representatives of France's 50 largest greenhouse gas emitting industrial sites, in Paris, on November 8, 2022. (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
November 15, 2022, 1:42 pm
French, Italian energy firms sign deal with Israel on gas field shared with Lebanon
France’s TotalEnergies and hydrocarbon giant ENI to begin exploration in formerly disputed area straddling maritime border between Jewish state and its northern neighbor
By AFP and ToI Staff
A UNIFIL Navy vessel seen through barbed wires patrols in the Mediterranean Sea, next to a UN post along the border known as Ras Naqoura, where Lebanese and Israeli delegations met to finalize a maritime border agreement, off the southern town of Naqoura, Lebanon, October 27, 2022. (Mohammed Zaatari/AP)
November 3, 2022, 4:19 pm
Israel-Lebanon border deal is a landmark, but has limited benefits, experts say
Mutual interest in offshore natural gas fields could help stave off conflict but won’t have broader political clout of Abraham Accords, may not even give Lebanese financial relief
By AP and ToI Staff
Map showing Israel-Lebanon maritime border claims. (AFP News Agency)
October 6, 2022, 10:11 am
Lebanon years away from gas riches even if it closes border deal with Israel
Country wracked by political turmoil and financial chaos still has no proven gas reserves and likely would be able to pump any it discovers only in 5-6 years
By Hashem Osseiran
The drilling vessel Fatih deployed by Turkey to search for gas and oil in waters considered part of the EU state's exclusive economic zone on June 24, 2019 (AFP)
July 27, 2022, 11:19 am
Turkey to resume drilling for gas near Cyprus, potentially inflaming tensions
Exploration in East Mediterranean region slated to begin August 9; Ankara has a maritime border dispute with Greece and Cyprus
By AFP
Illustrative -- Energean working in the Karish oil field, offshore Israel, in 2020. (Screen capture/YouTube)
June 15, 2022, 7:00 pm
Lebanon extends licensing deadline for gas exploration amid dispute with Israel
Decision comes after Lebanese president presents proposals on disputed maritime border to US energy envoy Hochstein
By AP
Lebanon's Electricity Minister Walid Fayad, right, meets with US Envoy for Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein, center, and US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea in Beirut, Lebanon, June 13, 2022. (Hassan Ammar/AP)
June 14, 2022, 8:56 am
Lebanon reportedly ready to back down on some claims in maritime dispute with Israel
Officials tell Reuters Beirut will propose to US energy envoy that talks use more northerly line as starting point, excluding Israel’s Karish field
By ToI Staff
Lebanese President Michel Aoun, right, meets with US Envoy for Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein, center, and US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea, left, at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, February 9, 2022. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Official Government via AP)
June 6, 2022, 5:19 pm
As Israel moves to drill natural gas, Lebanon urges US envoy to end maritime dispute
Beirut sends invitation to Amos Hochstein, senior adviser for energy security at US State Department, who mediated 2021 indirect talks; Israel insists new rig is in undisputed area
By Agencies
Officials observe Cypriot forces conducting rescue and counter-terrorism drills streamed live to monitors at the Joint Rescue Coordination Center during the 'Nemesis' exercise in the southern coastal city of Larnaca, Cyprus, November 3, 2021. (/Petros Karadjias/AP)
November 3, 2021, 4:01 pm
Israel joins 8-nation security drill for Cypriot oil rigs
Exercise, also involving US, France, Italy, Britain, Egypt, sees search and rescue, medical evacuation and anti-pollution operations in imagined terror attack on platform
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS
Energy Minister Karine Elharrar meets with US Ambassador John Desrocher (center) as well as US Envoy to Israel Michael Ratney (right) and Energy Ministry director-general Udi Adiri. (Energy Ministry)
June 16, 2021, 4:38 pm
New energy minister meets US negotiator over Lebanese maritime talks
Karine Elharrar says Israel is willing to consider ‘creative solutions’ to resolve the ongoing border dispute
By Amy Spiro
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