Do you remember Israel and Greece wanted a natural gas pipeline to run into Europe?
That was a few years ago.
Then the Biden administration killed the deal:
Biden Administration Kills Israel-to-Europe Gas Pipeline
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/18232/israel-europe-gas-pipeline
It would also act as base for the import of American natural gas to Europe.
And it would undermine the Muslim Brotherhoods plans for pipelines through Syria and Northern Iraq to transport oil and gas from Qatar (who has comparatively little oil but tons of natural gas) and the Gulf Sates