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to the northeast. Givot Olam, which owns and operates the Meged license, first announced its discovery of the Meged field in April 2004. The field spans 200 square kilometers.
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About 64 barrels of oil were produced during the test, but its flow ceased, and therefore, 'horizontal drilling operations were halted and the equipment will be released.'
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has stated that although the oil drilling site is in Israel the oil reservoir may extend to the West Bank near the West Bank village of
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1160:"Givot Olam Presents: Drilling for Oil Without Violating Shabbat"
686:"Oil exploration co Givot Olam to invest $ 6m in Sharon prospect"
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into its production system to obviate the use of manual faucets.
240:. Its proven oil reserves are about 1,525 million barrels (242.5
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742:"Givot Olam throws in towel at Meged 4; share drops 9 percent"
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838:"Givot Olam says Meged 5 well producing at 800 barrels a day"
571:"American company to invest $ 50 million in Israeli oil well"
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481:"Gevaot Olam: Meged 5 Oil Field Has 1.5 Billion Barrels"
602:"Signs of Oil at Givot Olam - Week Before Rights Issue"
540:"Givot Olam ends stage 1 of Kfar Saba horizontal drill"
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870:"Photographers turned away from Givot Olam drill site"
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962:"Energy Ministry approves Meged 6 field development"
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1106:"Blessings Materialize: Oil Production in Israel"
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807:"Israeli company finds oil beneath Rosh Ha'ayin"
1158:Benari, Elad; Kempinsky, Yoni (28 June 2011).
483:. Arutz Sheva. August 17, 2010. Archived from
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1349:factsheet about Givot Olam Oil Exploration LP
1020:"Givot signs $ 4.4m contract for Meged 5 gas"
56:Location of the Meged oil field within Israel
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1187:"Israel is stealing Palestinian oil and gas"
321:During the first quarter of 2011 Givot sold
1132:"Chabad article boosts Givot's share price"
1077:"An Israeli seeks oil in a land lacking it"
232:. It began production in 2010 and produces
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318:(BAZAN), an Israeli oil refining company.
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906:"Givot Olam begins drilling Meged 6 well"
836:Zeno, Lior; Azran, Eran (24 June 2011).
30:Meged oil field at sunset, February 2011
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600:Arlozorov, Merav (10 December 1998).
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868:Ben-Israel, Adi (24 December 2009).
714:"Company strikes oil near Kfar Saba"
1216:Mar'i, Mohammed (13 January 2012).
445:"Drilling for the future in Israel"
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684:Hayoun, David (18 November 2002).
538:Kedmi, Sharon (27 December 2004).
199: m or 1525 million
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1130:Yeshayahou, Koby (12 June 2011).
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960:Koren, Hillel (30 January 2012).
656:Hayoun, David (31 October 2000).
443:Enav, Peter (12 September 2004).
377:Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
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1244:Barkat, Amiram (19 March 2012).
1104:Yisraeli, David (10 June 2011).
988:Ben Yisrael, Adi (2 June 2010).
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628:Mosnaim, Ilan (9 April 2003).
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373:Israeli West Bank barrier
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904:globes (20 June 2013).
507:"Moses's oily blessing"
422:Hydrocarbon exploration
184:Estimated oil in place
129:32.0408944; 35.0002111
293:Israel Defense Forces
1486:Oil fields in Israel
163:Start of development
1336:Givot Olam Oil Ltd.
1191:Middle East Monitor
1054:The Times of Israel
339:Book of Deuteronomy
171:Start of production
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1491:Oil field disputes
1341:"Meged 5 is alive"
1197:on 27 January 2014
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187:200 million tonnes
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