Egypt gas find shakes up Israel’s energy plans

The discovery of the largest ever gas field in the Mediterranean off the coast of Egypt is threatening to sink Israel’s fledgling gas export bonanza
--------------------------------------------------------
Zohr field: Discovered by Italian energy group Eni. May hold up to 30 trillion cubic feet of gas (5.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent), and help meet Egypt’s gas needs for decades

Shorouk Block

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

EGYPT SINAI PENINSULA Dumyat Port Said Cairo Suez Arish

ISRAEL Gaza Strip Sdom West Bank Tel Aviv Haifa WEST BANK

Leviathan: Discovered in 2010, contains 17tn cubic feet of gas. Zohr threatens lucrative deals between Israeli companies and Western counterparts operating in Egypt, which may no longer need to import supplies

LEBANON

ORDAN

Gas exploration areas operated by Eni in Egypt

Israeli exploration areas

Natural gas pipeline in operation or planned

50km 30 miles
--------------------------------------------------------
Sources: ENI, EIAJ

words 146