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 Gas Field 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

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Leviathan	Operating	Chevron	Chevron (39.66%); NewMed Energy (45.34%); Ratio Oil Exploration (15.0%)	2010	2017	2019	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Leviathan Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves 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	​
gas	estimated	605000	million m³	2024	​

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	gas	6400	million m³/y	2020
production	gas	9500	million m³/y	2021
production	gas	9700	million m³/y	2023
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	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rachel; Amit	Levant	Offshore, Israel	Offshore	33.0014, 33.649 (exact)

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

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