Leviathan Gas Field (Israel)

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Leviathan Gas Field (לוויתן) is an operating gas field in Israel.

Along with Leviathan 1B Oil and Gas Phase (Israel), Leviathan is a part of the Leviathan complex.

Leviathan Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Leviathan North, Leviathan South.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Leviathan Gas Field

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Leviathan	Operating	Chevron	Chevron (39.66%); NewMed Energy (45.34%); Ratio Oil Exploration (15.0%)	2010	2017	2019

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Leviathan Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
condensate	2P reserves	29.5	million bbl	2021
gas	2P reserves	376000	million m³	2020
gas	2P reserves	379328.9	million m³	2021
gas	2P reserves	619000	million m³	2022

Table 3: Production from Leviathan Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year

Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
production	gas	12400	million m³/y	2019
production	gas	11400	million m³/y	2022
production design capacity	gas	12402.66	million m³/y	[not stated]

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Leviathan Gas Field

Concession/Block	Basin	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rachel; Amit	Levant	Offshore, Israel	33.0014, 33.649 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Leviathan complex:

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