Israel's Leviathan and Karish gas fields are preparing to restart production following a near two week-closure caused by the Israel-Iran conflict.
The offshore fields have received government approval to restart, Israeli Leviathan partner Ratio Energies and Karish operator, Greek firm Energean, said today.
Ratio said Leviathan operator Chevron is working to resume normal operations within hours. Energean said it was working to resume normal operations.
The restarts come a day after a US-brokered ceasefire to the conflict between Israel and Iran. The outages at Leviathan and Karish left Israel solely reliant on the Chevron-operated Tamar gas field to meet domestic demand, which is mostly for power generation.
They also led to a cessation of gas exports to Egypt and Jordan, which prompted the two countries to shut down key chunks of their industry. The return of Leviathan and Karish should allow regular exports to resume.
Leviathan produced 11.3bn m³ last year, Tamar produced 10.1bn m³ and Karish produced 5.8bn m³.
