Thriving in Tough Times 1

March 17, 2009

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Zion Licenses Fit Israeli Gas Infrastructure

March 16, 2009

Yesterday a friend reminded me of Israel’s gas pipeline infrastructure. That’s important now that Israel has discovered natural gas. There must be some infrastructure in place to get gas from the well site to where it will be used for energy (mostly power plants).
The Tamar #1 discovery (5 trillion cubic feet) is 80 kilometers off the coast of Haifa. That means in order to bring that gas to market, a pipeline will have to be built from the offshore rig to Haifa and then to the existing Israeli pipeline infrastructure. Noble Energy, primary partner in the Tamar discovery estimates it will be three years before gas from the discovery actually reaches the market. Others in the industry estimate longer.

But then a light went on in my head. I remembered seeing a map of Zion Oil’s license areas and Israel’s existing and planned natural gas pipelines. Here’s the map:

Israel’s existing natural gas pipeline runs north just off the Mediterranean coast. The reason for its current location is to supply fuel for power plants along the coast. Construction is underway for a trunk line to the Hagit and Alon Tavor power plants inland. Another trunk line is planned for this year, running from the coast to the area of Zion’s Ma’anit #l well site. Remember, Zion’s immanent Ma’anit Rehoboth #2 well will use the same wellbore as the Ma’anit #1 - it’s in the same location. Should Zion find gas instead of oil or gas and oil in the Ma’anit #2 well, they would have a built in pipeline infrastructure. In the event of a discovery, they could be supplying natural gas to Israel before the offshore discovery comes on line!

I asked a friend and very high placed source of mine from Israel today about the pipeline. He confirmed what I just laid out and went a step further. There’s a manufacturing plant a few hundred yards from the Ma’anit Rehoboth well site. This plant currently uses diesel fuel to fire its boilers. It has requested to be first in line to buy any gas produced at the Ma’anit Rehoboth site. So there you have it! The greatest natural gas discovery in Israel’s history and Zion, God willing, may beat them to the market. But remember this is all just speculation. Zion has to find the gas first. And, of course, they could find oil - which is what we’ve been looking for all along.

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Following Zion’s Stock Price

March 12, 2009

Zion Oil & Gas Stock has been pretty active and I’ve received a lot of messages about its price volatility. Everything from wild optimism to ‘the sky is falling.’ Just so you know, our newsletter and our website aren’t a part of Zion Oil and I’m not a stock broker or a day trader.

But as someone intimately connected with the story of oil in Israel, here’s what I do know - what I’ve been saying all along. The promise of an oil discovery in Israel isn’t new news; as a matter of fact, the story first broke almost 4,000 years ago (read Genesis 49 and Deuteronomy 32 & 33). My dad, Jim Spillman, saw this promise in scripture and followed the trail that led him to the spot and the time the oil would be discovered. John Brown heard my father speak on this back in 1981 and took it on faith. It took Brown another 19 years of work, research and travel to Israel to get his first Israeli exploration license and found Zion Oil & Gas in 2000. Since John’s first trip to Israel in 1983 a lot of research, testing, exploration and discovery has transpired. With each test result or finding, the promise of oil in Israel gained a little more geological support. January’s massive natural gas discovery proved the existence of hydrocarbons in northern Israel in a very BIG way.

So here we are, nearly 4,000 years after Jacob’s blessing, twenty-eight years after John Brown first heard and believed the story of Israel’s oil, with every objective scientific result in the last two decades pointing to its reality, and still, everybody is freaked out over the change in Zion’s hour-by-hour stock price.

Folks, Zion is an OIL EXPLORATION company. Until they discover oil or fold up shop, don’t worry too much about daily changes in their stock price. And don’t worry too much about them folding up shop. John Brown has been at this for twenty-five years. The early years were a lot tougher than today and he just kept plowing. Zion Oil is here to stay. The managers and board members are personally (and financially) committed to this mission. It’s my belief that they’re at the end of their quest, not the beginning of it. The goal is in sight. And if you still can’t get your mind off of what Zion’s stock price was at 9:42 AM last Thursday or what it might be at 3:14 PM next Tuesday, here’s a graph for you. It covers about 3 months, not a long time, but long enough. The blue line is daily price at closing - up and down and up and down - but a lot more up. The red line shows a 20 day average (kind of smooths out the bumps). What do you see over 3 months? Up. Relax.

Here’s Zion Oil’s official response to questions about the stock price going up and down and up and down (but generally up):

Dear Shareholder and/or Friend of Zion…
We have received quite a number of telephone calls this week and many callers were asking us the same question:

“I have been watching the movements in Zion’s stock price. Please explain what is going on?”

We can’t and don’t comment on our stock price because… we really don’t know any more than you.
Zion stock is traded on a public market, so any member of the public or maybe an investment company can buy or sell stock, just as they wish.
We have no control over the Zion stock price in the public market; the stock price just reflects the actions of those trading that day.
What we can assure everyone is that the purchases and sales are not due to any information that is not publicly available.
We can also assure you that we are working towards long-term shareholder value and in the long-term, we believe, short-term fluctuations are irrelevant.
Thank you for your continued support of Zion.

“In your good pleasure, make Zion prosper…” Psalm 51:18

Shalom from Israel

Richard Rinberg

CEO of Zion Oil & Gas, Inc.

Gosh … kinda what I’ve been saying.

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Making a Great Sponge

March 11, 2009

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” (James 1:2-4) I used to work for a company that made sponges from [...]

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How to Walk on Water

March 6, 2009

“‘Lord, if it’s you,’ Peter replied, ‘Tell me to come to you on the water.’ ‘Come,’ he said.” (Matthew 14:28-29) You’ve got to admit, walking on water is a pretty neat trick. Only two people in history are reported to have done it and one of them was the Son of God. Peter, [...]

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