Pipeline tests begin at Karish gas field

On Sunday, London-based Energy Company began testing pipelines between Israel and the offshore Karish gas field in the eastern Mediterranean, which is witnessing a dispute between the two neighbors, Israel and Lebanon.
Israel has always confirmed that the entire Karish field is within its exclusive maritime borders, and that it is not subject to negotiation in the indirect maritime border talks with Lebanon, which are mediated by the United States.
The company said, on Sunday, that “after obtaining approval from the Israeli Ministry of Energy to start conducting certain tests, gas has started to flow from the shore” to the floating production storage offloading platform in Karish.