With the 9 October-9November shutdown of the 1.1bn cfd Tamar field, Israel’s two other fields, 1.2bn cfd Leviathan and 600mn cfd Karish were called on to max output (MEES, 17 November). This saw the share of natural gas in the country’s energy mix rise to 72% for October, versus an average of 70% for the first ten months of 2023 and 68.5% for 2022 (see chart).