Israel

May 4, 2009
Zion Oil & Gas Inc., Dallas, has spud the Ma'anit-Rehoboth-2 well on the Joseph license in Israel.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, May 4 -- Zion Oil & Gas Inc., Dallas, has spud the Ma'anit-Rehoboth-2 well on the Joseph license in Israel.

A 2,000-hp rig is drilling the directional well to 15,400 ft or Triassic and then below 18,000 ft into Permian rocks (OGJ, July 5, 2004, p. 41).