http://www.tppress.com Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:08:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Most of the people following the story of Israel’s recent off shore gas discovery and possible onshore oil discoveries see idea of Israel as energy independent and economically prosperous as  a good thing. At least that’s the assumption. But not everyone sees Israel’s independence and prosperity as a plus – ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oil_in_israel/~3/J8-iaQUr_2c/murmmering-begun As the editor of www.oilinisrael.net I get a lot of letters and a lot of opinions on what the exploration companies should be doing in Israel. The oil exploration companies, I’m sure, get a lot of them too. Sometimes they’re from stockholders, sometimes not. Most of the letters are encouraging ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oil_in_israel/~3/V8M0PdxceLk/open-letter-john-brown “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gotpotential/~3/kfWTd55xyDk/running-with-the-wind Noble Energy chairman and CEO Charles Davidson expressed optimism that there will be more gas fields discovered at a press conference in Tel Aviv today. He said, “We conducted a 3D seismic survey, which will provide very sophisticated information enabling us to know whether there are more reservoirs. We believe that ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oil_in_israel/~3/VpTNvfiqVgk/offshore-gas-monster John Brown Stands over the 49:1 Banner News of the upcoming feature film ‘49:1 The Zion Story’ created quite a buzz National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville Feb 27 – March 2. Zion Oil & Gas founder John Brown, author of Breaking the Treasure Code: the Hunt for Israel’s Oil, Steve ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oil_in_israel/~3/wE0Sz0l3110/nrb Givot Olam's Meged #4 In 2004 Givot Olam announced an oil discovery in their Meged #4 well, the newly discovered ‘Meged oil field’ was estimated to contain 980 million barrels of crude; about 200 million barrels of that actually recoverable. Israel’s Ministry of National Infrastructures looked t the data,  confirmed the ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oil_in_israel/~3/nzeWcAQTIK4/givot-olam-struggles-with-oil-discovery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zion Oil & Gas Newsletter March 5, 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Shareholder and/or Friend of Zion… Last week, both Bill Ottaviani (Zion’s President and Chief Operating Officer) and I visited New York, in order to present Zion Oil & Gas ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oil_in_israel/~3/-Fy525BsVFI/zion-newsletter-march-5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zion Oil & Gas Newsletter February 19, 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Shareholder and/or Friend of Zion… On Wednesday of this week, Israel’s Channel 10 TV sent a reporting team to interview ‘Zion Oil & Gas’ and film at the Ma’anit site. I understand ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oil_in_israel/~3/kJWPwEl4wb8/zion-february-19-2010 Israel’s Ministry of National Infrastructures has updated their list of companies that own oil and gas exploration rights in Israel. If a company isn’t on this list it does not have the right to explore for oil and gas in Israel. The exploration rights list (PetroleumRights170210a-1) and exploration rights map ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oil_in_israel/~3/kMBbdzcFHXo/petroleum-rights-list The company plans to resume exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean. Amiram Barkat21 Feb 10 16:56 Oil and gas exploration company Noble Energy Inc. (NYSE: NBL) will invest $530 million in natural gas exploration in Israel and in development of its current reserves at Yam Tethys and Tamar, said company executives during a ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oil_in_israel/~3/YP--LKhk20o/noble-530m-investment