Jerusalem, 30 September, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Israel’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure reported revenues of nearly 1 billion Shekels ($310 million) from royalties in the first half of 2025. Revenues are expected to cross the 2 billion Shekel ($620 million) mark by the end of the year. This is despite the security and economic challenges Israel faces.
“The revenues, most of which are from natural gas royalties, emphasize the strategic contribution of the energy sector to the economic and national resilience of the State of Israel,” said the Ministry.
However, this is a decrease of approximately 16.6% compared to revenues in the first half of 2024.
The decrease in revenues in the first half of the year compared to the same period last year, explained the Ministry, was due to a decrease in production volumes in the “Leviathan” and “Karish” offshore reservoirs due to the cessation of production during Operation Rising Lion in June, when Iran launched missiles at Israel, as well as maintenance work carried out in the reservoirs in May.