An oil boom is transforming the eastern Mediterranean — and changing relationships, ...

        March 12, 2019 Los Angeles Times | Mediterranean | fossil fuels: oil

Israel, Egypt, Cyprus, and Greece are now Club Med Oil. In 2009, the natural gas field Tamar was found west of Haifa. A bigger offshore find in 2010, Leviathan, has made Israel a gas exporter, while the Zohr find in 2015 off Egypt is the largest yet. A $7-billion EastMed pipeline will transport Israeli and Cypriot natural gas to Europe, cutting Russian dependence.