Chevron Shuts Down Israeli Natural Gas Field After Hamas Attack

Following this weekend’s attack by Hamas on Israel, Chevron, the operator of the Tamar gas field offshore southern Israel, has shut down production at the field per instructions from the Israeli energy ministry.       “Chevron Mediterranean Limited was instructed by Israel’s Ministry of Energy to shut in production at the Tamar Production Platform,” the local unit of the U.S. supermajor said in a statement carried by Reuters.    Chevron Mediterranean Limited operates Tamar and has a 25% stake…