*Egypt imported 980mn cfd of Israeli gas for May, a dip of 90mn cfd month-on-month with the late month outage of Israel’s 1.1bn cfd Tamar gas field. This saw deliveries slump to 550mn cfd between 27 May and 5 June, forcing Egypt to temporarily shut down fertilizer plants and increase power cuts (MEES, 7 June).
*That Israel was able to export nearly 1bn cfd to Egypt for May as a whole was due to the ramp-up of Israel’s largest gas field, 23tcf Leviathan. Output increased from 1.06bn cfd during the first half of the month to 1.23bn cfd for the second half of May – above nominal 1.2bn cfd capacity. (CONTINUED - 360 WORDS)
