http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2435&from=rss Table 1 is very interesting indeed. It shows that the largest expected oil field (1,765 Million Barrels Of Oil, that's 1.77 Billion Barrels) is contained within the on-land potion of the Levant Margin Reservoirs Assessment Unit between the sea shore and the Jordan Rift Valley. This region contains the Zion Lease area! http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2010/3014/pdf/FS10-3014.pdf some good links about oil in Israel taken off other Zion sites. There are 3 new articles posted on www.oilinisrael.net