Israel exported 1.020bn cfd of gas to Egypt for November, according to MEES sources, topping 1bn cfd for the first time since hitting a record 1.065bn cfd in April (see chart 1). Flows fell below 900mn cfd for June and July amid Israel’s own summer power demand peak.

But after reaching 990mn cfd for September, flows dropped 7% to 920mn cfd for October according to the latest Jodi data. MEES understands that this was due to unplanned outages at each of Israel’s three producing gas fields: 1.2bn cfd Leviathan, 1.1bn cfd Tamar and 650mn cfd Karish. (CONTINUED - 812 WORDS)