Tamar Oil and Gas Field (Israel)

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Tamar Oil and Gas Field (תמר) is an operating oil and gas field in Israel.

Along with Tamar Southwest Oil and Gas Field (Israel) and Tamar expansion Oil and Gas Phase (Israel), Tamar is a part of the Tamar complex.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Tamar Oil and Gas Field

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Tamar	Operating	Chevron	Chevron (25.0%); Isramco (28.75%); Tamar Investment (22.0%); Tamar Petroleum (16.75%); other (7.5%)	2009	–	2013

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Tamar Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
gas	2P reserves	305000	million m³	2019
oil	2P reserves	15	million bbl	2019

Table 3: Production from Tamar Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year

million m³ = million cubic meters

Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
cumulative production	gas	61000	million m³	2019
production	gas	8200	million m³/y	2020
production	gas	10200	million m³/y	2022

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Tamar Oil and Gas Field

Concession/Block	Basin	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Matan	Levant	Offshore, Israel	32.9862, 34.003 (exact)

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

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