Egypt imports gas from Israel's Leviathan and Tamar fields. A deal for about 130 bcm through 2040 won Israeli approval in December 2025. When Israel shut Leviathan and Karish on 28 February 2026, the shortfall reached Egypt's grid — the dependency the war made visible.
Israel and the Levant relied on economically by Egypt and the Levant. A directional arrangement: the two parties do not hold the same position in it. Authored once and read from both ends.
Die Vereinbarung
- Status
- AktivIn Kraft und in Anwendung. Sagt nichts darüber aus, wie gut es funktioniert oder in welche Richtung es sich bewegt.Letzte wesentliche Änderung: 2025-12-17.
- Was sie umfasst
- EnergieHandelInfrastrukturKategorien, die die Vereinbarung nachweislich umfasst. Kein Maß: Eine Beziehung, die mehr davon umfasst, ist ausführlicher beschrieben, nicht gefestigter.
Zusammenfassung
Israeli gas has flowed to Egypt since 2020. In August 2025 the Leviathan partners agreed with Egyptian buyers to supply about 130 bcm through 2040, worth about $35bn: a first phase of 20 bcm from 2026, and a second of 110 bcm that depends on expanding Leviathan's output. Israel's government approved the export on 17 December 2025. On 28 February 2026, the opening day of the war with Iran, Israel shut the Leviathan and Karish fields as a precaution; Leviathan restarted after about a month. Power shortfalls were reported in Egypt and Jordan, which both import Israeli gas. The same precaution had shut the fields during the June 2025 war.
Warum es wichtig ist
Egypt is a ceasefire guarantor and Gaza's southern neighbour, and it also depends on Israeli gas that Israel switches off when it is attacked. The dependency runs through every regional escalation, and it is one reason Cairo's interest in stability on Israel's fronts is material as well as political.
Verwandte Ereignisse
- Der Iran-Krieg schließt Gazas Grenzübergänge und legt Israels Offshore-Gas still 28. Feb. – Apr. 2026
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Was unbekannt bleibt
- The supply contract is commercial and unpublished; the volumes and value are those reported at signature.
- Whether Karish restarted after April 2026, and whether the fields were shut again later in the war, is not established.
- The scale of Egypt's dependence relative to its other sources, including liquefied gas imports, is not measured here.
Lesarten, die die Belege ebenfalls stützen
- The shutdowns can be read as evidence of Egypt's exposure, or as the reason Egypt diversifies its supply; the record states the dependency and its interruption, not its future weight.
Aufgeführt, weil die Einschätzung des Eintrags nicht die einzige ist, die seine Quellen zulassen — nicht als Absicherung der obigen Einschätzung.
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Eingeschätzt zum Stand — 2026-04 Zuletzt überprüft — 2026-10-11