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[dby03]

Once had that info readily available.

I thought Elijah #3 was around a mile in distance from Asher Atlit.


More from that article -

At 9,400 feet the drill bit hit volcanic rock. They drilled down through another 7600 feet before finally coming into limestone again. The drill bit, now at 17,296 feet was way beyond the rig’s capacity. Fearing he would lose the hole, Atlit’s drilling supervisor (a man by the name of John Brown) shut down the operation until a larger rig could be brought in.

December 28, 1982 a new drill rig, rated at 26,000 feet was installed over the original hole. This new phase, dubbed the Atlit #II was planned to bring the well as deep as 23,000 feet. By February of 1983 the well had been cleaned out and depth had been increased to 18,000 feet.

Due to lack of funds, it pretty much went south after that.


Older information here -

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1131312/000113131206000058/prodesv3.htm

This is pre-Elijah #3 drill.

See the map on page 14.

Page 16 gives the distance between Asher Atlit and the Ma'ant #1 well which is on the page 14 map.

Pages 14 thru 20 have info on work going on in 2005, Givot Olam, various geologic data/hypotheses.

Pretty interesting.

I thought Elijah #3 should be drilled to 22,000 ft [6705 meters].

There was oil in them there Asher Atlit 2 well depths.

Loss of the leased Turkish rig [whose family owned company was in bankruptcy] stopped that.

[dby03]

2.5 Miles


see below -

https://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/63621/zion_completes_seismic_zeros_in_on_new_site/

Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. has announced that the company’s geological team recently completed the processing of seven seismic lines (totaling over fifty two kilometers) acquired last winter and also the reprocessing of an additional ten seismic lines (of over one hundred and ten kilometers) in two prospective areas.
The interpretation of the seismic data, coupled with geologic, gravity and magnetic data has resulted in the development of the first drillable prospect on Zion's Asher-Menashe license. A site for the new well, named the Elijah #3, has been selected on a ten thousand acre structure, comprising both Triassic and Permian targets.
The selected well site is approximately 2.5 miles southeast of the abandoned Asher-Atlit #1 well.

The Asher-Atlit #1 was drilled to 6,531 meters (21,428 feet) by Energy Exploration Inc. in the early 1980s. Before Energy Exploration abandoned the Asher-Atlit #1, due to drilling problems, 2,000 feet of a Triassic reef were encountered and hydrocarbon shows were noted...