以色列利维坦气田开始生产天然气

据12月31日Offshore Energy报道，12月31日，Noble公司运营的以色列近海利维坦(Leviathan)气田已经开始生产和供应天然气。

Noble在该项目中的合作伙伴Delek表示，天然气供应管道从2019年12月31日开始铺设，并且已经与客户签署了天然气供应协议。预计未来几天内，该项目的天然气输送量将逐渐增加。预计，向埃及的天然气供应也将很快开始。

值得注意的是，利维坦气田原本计划在12月23日开始生产天然气，但却被推迟了。

利维坦项目是以色列历史上最大的能源项目。该项目正在通过一个海上平台进行开发，经过处理的天然气和稳定的凝析油将通过连接到INGL(以色列天然气管道)国家天然气传输系统的北部入口流入管道。

Noble指出，利维坦天然气将使以色列能源部门几乎完全依靠天然气进行发电成为可能。同时，它将使以色列成为能源出口国。

利维坦气田预计拥有33万亿立方英尺的天然气资源(22万亿立方英尺为可采储量)。该气田于2010年12月在Haifa以西125公里处被发现，总生产能力将达到12亿立方英尺天然气/天。

洪伟立 摘译自 Offshore Energy

原文如下：

Noble Energy starts production from Leviathan field

Gas production and supply from the Noble Energy-operated Leviathan field offshore Israel has started on Tuesday, December 31.

Noble’s partner in the project Delek said that piping of natural gas from the Leviathan reservoir for supply to customers with which the Leviathan partners have agreements for the supply of gas began on the final day of 2019 – December 31.

The company added that the capacity of natural gas flow from the Leviathan reservoir is expected to ramp up gradually and accordingly in the coming days.

Delek also expects the natural gas supply from the reservoir to Egypt to also begin shortly.

It is worth reminding that gas production from Leviathan was expected to start on December 23, but was delayed.

The Leviathan project is the largest energy project in Israel’s history. The project is being developed via an offshore platform from which treated gas and stabilized condensate will flow through a northern entry pipeline connected to the INGL (Israel Natural Gas Lines) national gas transmission system.

According to Noble Energy, the Leviathan gas will make it possible for the Israeli energy sector to be based almost exclusively on electricity generated by natural gas. Also, it will make Israel an energy exporter.

The Leviathan field is estimated to hold 33 Tcf of natural gas resources in place (22 Tcf recoverable). It was discovered in December 2010, 125 kilometers west of Haifa. It will have a total production capacity of 1.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day (Bcf/d).