Leviathan Subsea Gas Pipelines
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Leviathan Subsea Gas Pipelines are operating and proposed gas pipeline running from Leviathan gas field in the Mediterranean Sea to Haifa in Israel.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from Leviathan gas field in the Mediterranean Sea to Haifa in Israel.[1]
Project details
Pipeline 1
- Operator: Chevron Mediterranean[1]
- Parent company:
- Capacity: 6 bcm/y[1]
- Length: 120 km[1]
- Diameter:
- Status: Operating[1]
- Start year: 2019[1]
- Cost:
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure:
Pipeline 2
- Operator: Chevron Mediterranean[1]
- Parent company:
- Capacity: 6 bcm/y[1]
- Length: 120 km[1]
- Diameter:
- Status: Operating[1]
- Start year: 2019[1]
- Cost:
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure:
Pipeline 3
- Operator: Chevron Mediterranean[1]
- Parent company:
- Capacity: 2 bcm/y[1]
- Length: 120 km[1]
- Diameter:
- Status: Construction[1]
- Start year: 2026[1]
- Cost: US$568 million[1]
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure:
Pipeline 4
- Operator: Chevron Mediterranean[1]
- Parent company:
- Capacity: 2 bcm/y[1]
- Length: 120 km[1]
- Diameter:
- Status: Proposed[3]
- Start year:
- Cost:
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure:
Background
Leviathan, which is located around 130 kilometers off the shores of Haifa, is said to be the largest natural gas reservoir in the Mediterranean and the biggest energy project in Israel’s history, with 22.9 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of recoverable gas believed to be at its disposal.[1]
Leviathan gas field is a deep-sea field, consisting of four subsea wells producing via a subsea manifold and two 120-kilometer-long pipelines leading to an offshore platform for gas processing, came online in 2019.[1]
The daily gas production capacity from the Leviathan reservoir is approximately 1.2 bcf, or around 12 bcm annually. The final investment decision (FID) for Phase 1A, entailing the laying of a third subsea pipeline from the field to the platform, was envisioned to enable the rise in the daily gas production capacity to about 1.4 bcf, or 14 bcm a year, with a budget of approximately $568 million.[1]
Stage 2 would mainly involve drilling/commissioning of further production wells and subsea systems, and potentially laying of a fourth pipeline between the field and the near-shore platform, to raise capacity by another ~2 Bcm/year to ~23 Bcm annually.[3]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 Cavcic, Melisa (2025-02-11). "Gas expansion on Chevron's Mediterranean agenda with subsea pipeline works due by year-end". Offshore Energy. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Leviathan Natural Gas Field". NewMed Energy. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Chevron issues revised proposal for next-phase Leviathan gas project offshore Israel". www.offshore-mag.com. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
Additional data
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