Where god and geology meet From: Jerusalem Post | Date: December 9, 1997| Author: Patricia Golan | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Jerusalem Post

12-09-1997

Israel may be surrounded by oil-rich countries, but its own long-hoped-for oil boom has largely been a bust. Israel's wells only satisfy less than one percent of the country's gas and oil needs.

But recently, a new exploration company, Givot Olam, announced it had discovered a reservoir containing one billion barrels of recoverable oil. To date, what little oil has been found in Israel has been in the south. But, a year ago, pursuing ...

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