AMG Oil Picks Up Additional License Offshore Israel
AMG Oil announced that the Israeli Petroleum Commissioner's office has notified the Company that, during the most recent sitting of the Israeli Petroleum Board, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Adira Energy Corp., was awarded a second petroleum license in offshore Israel (the "Yitzhak License").
Yitzhak License
The Yitzhak License area is centered approximately 17 km off the Israeli coast and stretches from Netanya in the South to Hadera in the North (about 11 km). The Yitzhak License covers a total license area of 127,700 Dunam (approximately - 127.7 square kilometers or 31,555 acres). The Yitzhak License is directly to the North of, and contiguous to the company's Gabriella License.
The license area is in shallow water with a depth of approximately 150 meters, which the Company believes will make drilling more cost efficient. The Yitzhak License has been granted for an initial period of three years commencing October 15, 2009.
Stephen Pierce, AMG's Senior Vice President of Geology, said, "During early 1970 an oil well located in the area covered by the Yitzhak License called "Delta-1" was drilled. The total depth of Delta-1 was 4423m, and ended in the Upper Jurassic. However, this depth is above the oil encountered in the Jurassic Bathonian age limestones in the Yam Yafo-1 (4894m - 4955m) and Yam-2 wells (5315m). It remains unclear as to why drilling stopped at this depth. However, the Delta-1 well was drilled in 1970 before the later discoveries of Yam Yafo-1 and Yam-2. Subsequent to Delta-1 being drilled, seismic mapping demonstrated a structural high extending from Delta-1 to the oil discoveries at Yam Yafo-1 to Yam-2. We believe that we have a good prospect that is an attractive target for hydrocarbon exploration."
The Company's successful application for the Yitzhak License expands AMG's portfolio of petroleum licenses from its current two licenses ("Eitan" and Gabriella") to include a prospective offshore area within a region that is known to host significant evidence of hydrocarbons.
AMG's Chief Executive Officer, Ilan Diamond stated, "We are very pleased to have been successfully granted the Yitzhak License, the second block in the region. Both the Company's offshore licenses, "Gabriella" and "Yitzchak" are within the broader region of the Nobel/Delek Tamar gas discoveries, which are 60 km west of Hadera (Dalit) and 90 km west of Haifa (Tamar). Evaluation work on our 'Gabriella' license has recently commenced and we are excited to continue work on this license. In addition, we continue to plan for the start of our exploration and drilling program on our "Eitan" license in the Hula Valley, northern region of Israel. We have completed the purchase of the drill rig and associated equipment, and are in the process of moving the rig to site. We have contracted the services of a full time drilling team who have significant experience operating rigs of similar nature and who have worked in the area previously."
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