London and Tel-Aviv listed Greek firm Energean announced on 13 April that production from its Energean Power FPSO which processes gas and liquids from Israel’s 4.3tcf Karish project “is now fully operational.” The Karish and Karish North fields, along with Chevron’s 22.4tcf Leviathan, were shut in on 28 February as a precautionary measure as Israel and the US launched their offensive against Iran (MEES, 6 March).
“Following notification from the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, production was restored to regular levels within 48 hours, delivering natural gas to customers in accordance with contractual requirements,” the company says. Karish gas output averaged 540mn cfd last year, equivalent to 21% of national production. All of the field’s production is supplied to domestic customers. (CONTINUED - 145 WORDS)