Israel expected to increase natural gas drilling in 2023 - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Danny Zaken

Danny Zaken

Dec 28, 2022

JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images — A view of the platform of the Leviathan natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea is pictured from the Israeli northern coastal beach of Nasholim, on Aug. 29, 2022. — JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images

Previous governments headed by returning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promoted the development of natural gas fields in Israel's economic waters, to some opposition within the country. The incoming Netanyahu government is expected to resume these efforts.

Netanyahu knows that like Israel, Cyprus, Greece and Egypt are also searching for solutions for increasing energy exports to Europe, including expanding reserves and export capacities.

Related Topics

Oil and gas

This picture taken on February 13, 2020 shows a view of a petrol station belonging to the Israeli Paz Oil Company, which controls 30 percent of the Israeli fuel market, in the Israeli settlement of Mishor Adumim in the occupied West Bank on the outskirts of Jerusalem. - Israel on February 13 rejected as "shameful" the UN's publication of a list of 112 companies that do business in its settlements, while the Palestinians cheered its long-delayed release as a "victory for international law". The list publishe

Israel's subsea gas, oil fields heat up

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Delegations from Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, Italy, the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, France, the United States and Greece attend the East Mediterranean Gas Forum, Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 16, 2020.

Report: Israel may start exporting gas to Cyprus via new pipeline

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

The platform of the Leviathan natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea is pictured from the northern coastal city of Caesarea, Israel, Feb. 24, 2022.

Global energy crisis opens possibilities for Israeli natural gas

Danny Zaken

In Ma'ale HaHamisha, reporting on Israel

A view of the platform of the Leviathan natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea is pictured from the northern coastal city of Caesarea, Israel, Dec. 19, 2019.

Egypt's gas imports from Israel hit all-time high

Marc Español