Israel Energy Market Report

Institutions & Energy Policy
The Ministry of National Infrastructures supervises the energy sector. It does so through the “Fuel Authority” in the case of the oil sector, and through the “Electricity Authority” in the case of the electricity sector ...

Energy Companies
Details for energy companies (production, import, export, distribution, refineries, LNG terminals) in the oil, gas, coal and power sectors.

Energy Supply
Resources: The country’s main energy resources are solar energy, oil shales -the proven reserves of which are estimated at 250 billion barrels of oil (second-biggest oil shale deposits in the world, after USA), i.e. the equivalent of 60 years of consumption- and recently natural gas ...

Prices
Details of energy prices and taxes levels and evolution, by energy and by sector (oil, power).

Consumption
Today Israel’s consumption per capita slightly decreased since 2009 to 2.9 toe (compared to 3.1 toe in 2008), including 6 400 kWh of electricity (2010).

Issues & Prospects
Oil : As above-mentioned, the main issue is the use of oil shales (a large oil shale reserve was discovered in the end of 2010). However, its development is complicated by environmental constraints and limited water resources...

2010 Key data & Graphs

• Economic indicators: population, growth, etc.
• Supply indicators: reserves, capacity, production, external trade (per energy)
• Demand indicators: consumption per capita, total consumption, final consumption (per energy and per sector), energy security, energy efficiency, CO2 emissions
• Energy Balance : total and per energy