Chevron Mediterranean and its partners in Leviathan natural gas field offshore Israel began flowing condensate from the field to Ashdod oil refinery in western Israel on Mar. 7, partner NewMed Energy LP said in a release Mar. 10.
In February, the operator concluded an export agreement with Energy Infrastructures Ltd. (PEI) allowing condensate deliveries from Leviathan via the PEI pipeline and associated systems.
Leviathan produces roughly 12 billion cu m/year (bcmy) for sale to Israel, Egypt, and Jordan. In 2023, the Leviathan project sold 11 bcm of natural gas, according to a separate March release from partner Ratio Energies LP.
During the year, 6.2 bcm of the field’s total output was sold to customers in Egypt, reflecting a jump of 27%, Ratio said. Some 2.7 bcm of the total output was sold to customers in Jordan, while the domestic market bought 2.05 bcm, the company continued.
Chevron and partners continue to work on establishing a third pipeline that will run from the field to its production platform about 10 km from shore, enabling production expansion to 14 bcmy beginning in second-half 2025 at a cost of about $568 million (OGJ Online, July 3, 2023).
During second-quarter 2023, work was completed on connecting and starting regular underwater production at the fifth well, Leviathan-8, increasing natural gas production from the field, Ratio Energies said.
Chevron Mediterranean Ltd. is operator of the field with 39.99% interest. Partners are NewMed Energy LP (45.34%) and Ratio Energies (15%).
