AMG Oil, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Adira Energy, awarded additional
petroleum license offshore Israel
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About the 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
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
About AMG Oil Ltd.
Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Adira Energy Corp., an Ontario corporation, the Company explores for oil and gas in
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For further information: Alan Friedman, EVP, Corp. Development, [email protected], (416) 250-1955
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