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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Ratio Oil Exploration

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
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
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
The Noble Energy control room on the Leviathan platform on December 31, 2019. (Noble Energy)
December 31, 2019, 5:42 am
Despite pollution fears, gas flow begins from behemoth Leviathan field
Noble Energy performs gas rig flushing test overnight, and begins extracting gas and sending it to Israel, overruling opposition from locals, environmentalists
By Shoshanna Solomon
Eitan Aizenberg, the mastermind behind the find of Israel's giant natural gas field, Leviathan, at his Ratio Petroleum office in Tel Aviv, April 17, 2018 (Courtesy)
April 18, 2018, 6:49 pm
Octogenarian geologist behind Israel’s giant gas field eyes foreign waters
Eitan Aizenberg, who identified country’s largest natural gas field off the Mediterranean coast, says Israelis have competitive edge in oil and gas exploration
By Shoshanna Solomon
Israeli natural gas rigs in the Mediterranean Sea, September 2, 2015. (Flash90)
From the WebDecember 4, 2016, 11:26 am
Ratio completes Leviathan development finance
Globes: Ratio Oil Exploration (1992) LP, a partner in the Leviathan natural gas field, has raised the financing needed for its share in the development of the nation’s largest reservoir; banks included HSBC and BNP Paribas
Gas rigs in the Tamar field, off the coast of Israel, in June 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
December 14, 2014, 4:43 pm
Israel finds more gas – but will it be extracted?
If the numbers work out, the Royee field will be a distant third in size to the Leviathan and Tamar fields. Israel may have a glut of natural gas
By David Shamah
An aerial view of an Israeli offshore gas rig (Albatross Aerial photography/Noble Energy/Flash90/File)
From the WebMay 2, 2013, 8:00 am
Estimates for Leviathan natural gas raised again
Proven reserves in Israel’s offshore field raised to 18.9 trillion cubic feet, Globes reports
A deep-sea oil-drilling rig. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 3, 2012, 9:56 am
Top Australian company buys into Israeli natural gas
Woodside Petroleum will pay up to $2.5 billion for a 30% stake in the Leviathan offshore field
By Gabe Fisher
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