Wikipedia's first sentence called it “primary energy source in israel”. Today it says “country's primary energy source for electricity production”.
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Natural gas in Israel is a primary energy source in Israel , mainly utilized for electricity production and to lesser degree in industry.1 Israel began producing natural gas from its own offshore gas fields in 2004. Between 2005 and 2012, Israel had imported gas from Egypt via the al-Arish-Ashkelon pipeline , which was terminated due to Egyptian Crisis of 2011-14 . As of 2017, Israel produced over 9 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas a year. Israel had 199 billion cubic meters (cu m) of proven reserves of natural gas as of the start of 2016.2 In early 2017, Israel began exporting natural gas to the Kingdom of Jordan .
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Noa natural gas field, offshore Ashkelon Israeli natural gas lines network map Natural gas in Israel is a primary energy source in Israel , mainly utilized for electricity production and to lesser degree in industry. Israel began producing natural gas from its own offshore gas fields in 2004. Between 2005 and 2012, Israel had imported gas from Egypt via the al-Arish-Ashkelon pipeline , which was terminated due to Egyptian Crisis of 2011-14 . As of 2014, Israel produced over 7.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas a year. Israel had 199 billion cubic meters (cu m) of proven reserves of natural gas as of the start of 2016. In early 2017, Israel began exporting natural gas to the Kingdom of Jordan .
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Noa natural gas field, offshore Ashkelon Natural gas in Israel is the country's primary energy source for electricity production. Israel began producing natural gas from its own offshore gas fields in 2004. Between 2005 and 2012, Israel imported gas from Egypt via the al-Arish-Ashkelon pipeline , an arrangement that ended due to Egyptian Crisis of 2011-14 .In 2017, Israel was producing over 9 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas a year.Israel had 1,087 billion cubic meters (cu m) of proven reserves of natural gas as of 2022. In early 2017, Israel began exporting natural gas to the Kingdom of Jordan .
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primary energy source in israel
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country's primary energy source for electricity production
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