Israeli Gas Flows to Egypt Return to Normal as Iran Truce Holds
Israeli natural gas flows to Egypt returned to normal levels after a truce with Iran allowed the Jewish state to reopen facilities shuttered by the 12-day conflict.
Daily exports have climbed to 1 billion cubic feet per day, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation. That's up from 260 million cubic feet when Israel's Leviathan gas field, the country's biggest, restarted on Wednesday, they said, declining to be identified because they're not authorized to speak to the media.
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