Natural gas

Israel launches new search for natural gas in the Mediterranean Sea

The new gas exploration process comes alongside plans for a 150km. electricity cable linking southern and central Israel.

 View of the Israeli Leviathan gas field gas processing rig near the Israeli city of Caesarea, on January 31, 2019.
An electricity pole is seen in Israel, January 28, 2026 (illustrative)

Israel lacks plan for gas, mortgages, public spending, government probe finds

Jack Baker, Managing Director of Chevron’s Eastern Mediterranean region.

Chevron launches Israel energy-tech accelerator for early stage startups

A ship that his struck earlier in the war remains anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran; Illustrative.

Third Qatari LNG tanker heads through Hormuz to China, data shows


Gas and the Israel-Lebanon maritime border dispute

Lebanon's new border demands now including the northern end of the Karish natural gas field caused the US-mediated negotiations to break down.

 MANY STAFFERS are Americans who fly back home for a month before returning for another month’s duty.

How Israel is using gas exports to boost its diplomatic standing

A visit to the Leviathan gas rig off the coast of Haifa illustrates the country’s opportunity to up its gas game and wield its diplomatic power across the globe.

 SIX STORIES high with pipes that seem to go on forever: The Leviathan, off the Haifa coast.

Israel, Egypt, EU sign initial gas export agreement

The agreement comes as Europe looks for alternative sources of energy to Russia in light of its invasion of Ukraine.

Israel and the European Union sign a natural gas export deal during a regional energy conference in Cairo.

Nasrallah warns Hezbollah will stop Israel from extracting gas at Karish field

The Hezbollah leader stressed that Israel only understands "force and superiority."

 Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks through a screen during a religious ceremony marking Ashura

Why is Lebanon threatening Israel now? - analysis

Is Hezbollah trying to create a casus belli to attack Israel or Israeli gas platforms?

 Lebanese President Michel Aoun heads a cabinet meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon April 26, 2022.

Energean floating gas production rig docks in Israeli waters

The newfound energy source could incentivize competition in the Israeli energy economy, reducing energy prices and energy related services.

Floating gas production rig, Energean Power

Lebanon warns against any Israeli 'aggression' in disputed waters

Israel says the field in question is within its exclusive economic zone, not in disputed waters.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun speaks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Lebanese expats vote in Lebanon's parliamentary election, in Beirut, Lebanon May 8, 2022.

Leviathan natural gas company Ratio Energies reports record revenues in Q1 2022

2.7 billion cubic meters (BCM) of natural gas was sold from the Leviathan reservoir in Q1, of which 1.8 BCM was exported to Egypt and Jordan.

 Leviathan natural gas field.

EU agrees gradual Russian oil embargo, Canada imposes new sanctions

The target to cut 90% of all Russian imports by the end of 2022 includes seaborne deliveries.

European Council President Charles Michel, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi and France's President Emmanuel Macron attend the European Union leaders summit, as EU's leaders attempt to agree on Russian oil sanctions in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium, May 30, 2022.

Global energy crisis leads Israel to launching fourth natural gas exploration

Energy Minister Karin Elharrar announced the move, effectively canceling the year-long freeze on natural gas explorations that she announced in December 2021.

 IN A ONCE-UNTHINKABLE development, the Mubadala Investment Corporation, a sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi, invested $1 billion in the Tamar natural gas field.