Israel
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March 17, 2025
Azerbaijan is set to sign agreements to explore for natural gas in Israeli waters, highlighting a key strategic alliance between the two countries amid turbulence in the region. A consortium of Azeri state company Socar, bp Plc and Israel’s NewMed Energy LP will get the right to explore in one offshore block.
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February 18, 2025
Zion Oil & Gas announced a significant operational milestone as work resumes on the recompletion of the Megiddo-Jezreel 1 (MJ-01) well in Israel. This marks a crucial phase in Zion’s ongoing efforts to unlock Israel’s onshore energy potential.
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October 29, 2024
(Bloomberg) — Israel refrained from striking Iran’s energy infrastructure in its long-awaited bombardment of the OPEC nation over the weekend, sending crude prices crashing, and turning many traders' options bets worthless
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October 22, 2024
(WO) — Oil prices persevered as traders tracked tensions between Israel and Iran, with strikes continuing amid U.S. efforts to facilitate a cease-fire agreement.
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October 17, 2024
In response to rising tensions in the Middle East, Rystad Energy is sharing analysis from its local team on the potential implications for the region‘s upstream sector and the global oil and gas market.
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July 23, 2024
Energean plc has taken Final Investment Decision (“FID”) for the Katlan development project offshore Israel. The Katlan area will be developed in a phased approach through a subsea tieback to the existing Energean Power FPSO.
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June 26, 2024
The Leviathan gas field offshore Israel – touted as the largest gas field in the Mediterranean- is set for an expansion in natural gas export capacity, following preliminary approval from Israel’s Energy Ministry. The approval allows for an increase in export volume by up to 145 Bcm.
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June 03, 2024
After opening the well, Zion will implement cutting-edge technologies and innovative stimulation techniques on the MJ-01 well to potentially unlock oil and gas flows in both previously and newly identified zones of interest.
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April 14, 2024
Trading resumed at 6pm New York time on Sunday. The risk of a direct Iranian attack on Israel was already at least partly priced in — benchmark Brent crude, up 17% so far this year, passed $90 a bbl after the strike on Iran’s embassy.
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March 13, 2024
The NewMed deal would have extended bp’s presence in the eastern Mediterranean while marking ADNOC’s first foray into the region. The two companies continue to work on other projects together, having last month said they would form a joint venture in Egypt focusing on natural gas.
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February 29, 2024
The Energean Power FPSO now has four production wells in operation, increasing well stock redundancy and flexibility to meet the demand requirements of Energean’s natural gas buyers.
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February 19, 2024
Chevron will increase natural gas production to as much as 1.6 Bcfd, up from the 1 Bcfd the Tamar field usually produces.
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November 14, 2023
Imports are expected to rise to 650 MMcfd on Thursday, and to the normal level of 800 MMcfd early next week, from about 250 MMcfd earlier in November, the person said, asking not to be named because the information isn’t public.
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November 13, 2023
Chevron Corp. has started supplies to local customers in Israel and the region from its Tamar natural gas field, the company said Monday. The field was closed last month on safety concerns following Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
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November 03, 2023
The giant offshore Leviathan field is exporting the fuel after another Israeli field, Karish, returned from an outage, allowing domestic demand to be met, said people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because the information isn’t public.
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November 01, 2023
The company hasn’t changed its mind on expansion, in particular, at its giant Leviathan field, which has helped Israel gain energy independence and turn into an exporter of the vital fuel, Colin Parfitt, Chevron’s Vice President for Midstream, said in an interview in London.
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October 2023
Upstream situation in Eastern Mediterranean deteriorates
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October 30, 2023
The halt in the gas imports appears linked a decision earlier this month by Israeli authorities to shut down the offshore Tamar gas field amid concerns it could be impacted by the fighting between its military and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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October 29, 2023
Crude was trading on Friday when Israel stepped up ground operations, and West Texas Intermediate surged as much as 3.2% to trade above $85 a bbl.
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October 20, 2023
War in the Middle East could cause the oil price to surge to $140 a bbl and bring the world to the brink of a recession, according to Ana Boata, head of economic research at Allianz Trade.
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October 18, 2023
CEO Mike Sommers acknowledged the parallels between the 1973 crisis in the Middle East that led to the embargo and the crisis unfolding today, expressing strong support for President Biden’s opposition to Hamas-led terrorism and reiterating the need for American leadership on the global stage.
