Energy Corridors

What this pillar covers

The Eastern Mediterranean gas economy and its export architecture. Leviathan, Tamar, and Karish as producing fields; the pipeline and LNG routes to Egypt and Jordan; the Israel–Greece–Cyprus EastMed framework and what survives of it after the 2024–2026 reorganisation; the regulatory layer at the Ministry of Energy and the Petroleum Commissioner; and the upstream investor cast — Chevron, NewMed Energy, Ratio, and the Egyptian and Jordanian counterparties.

Why it exists as its own pillar

Energy is the only Israeli export category that materially reorders regional balance-of-payments and security politics in the same move. Treating it as one sector inside Real Economy understates the structural weight. The pillar maps the corridor as a single system — fields, infrastructure, contracts, regulators, counterparties — rather than as discrete deals.

Standing reference architecture

• Producing fields. Leviathan (Chevron-operated, NewMed and Ratio partners); Tamar (Chevron-operated); Karish (Energean).
• Export infrastructure. The EMG pipeline to Egypt; the Arab Gas Pipeline tie-in for Jordan; the Idku and Damietta LNG trains that re-export Israeli gas as cargoes.
• Frameworks. The Israel–Egypt and Israel–Jordan supply agreements; the EastMed Gas Forum; the now-shelved EastMed pipeline proposal.
• Regulators and operators. The Ministry of Energy's Natural Gas Authority, the Petroleum Commissioner, INGL (the transmission operator).

What recurring research lives here

Quarterly export volume and pricing series; annual reserves and lifting cost; the contract calendar for the Egyptian and Jordanian offtake; regulatory filings at the Ministry of Energy; the EMG and Arab Gas Pipeline operational status; the Chevron–NewMed posture; the reorganisation of EastMed proposals around the Cyprus interconnector and the Greek LNG terminals.