Huge oil discovery on Golan Heights

Globes English ^ | 07/10/2015 | Globes correspondent

[Wiz-Nerd]

Estimates are that the amount of oil found will make Israel self sufficient for very many years to come.

After more than a year of round-the-clock drilling, large amounts of oil have been found on the Golan Heights. Estimates are that the amount of oil discovered will make Israel self sufficient for very many years to come.

Afek Oil and Gas chief geologist Dr. Yuval Bartov told Channel 2 News, "We are talking about a strata which is 350 meters thick and what is important is the thickness and the porosity. On average in the world strata are 20-30 meters thick, so this is ten times as large as that, so we are talking about significant quantities. The important thing is to know the oil is in the rock and that's what we now know."

Three drillings have so far taken place in the southern Golan Heights which have found large reserves of oil. Potential production is dramatic - billions of barrels, which will easily provide all Israel's oil needs. Israel consumes 270,000 barrels of oil per day.

[Resolute Conservative]

Cue up a nuclear response.

[American in Israel]

A cruelly in this case the response will be much bigger than nuclear, it will shock the world.

[rmlew]

I don’t think Israel will allow drilling in the Golan. It is too close to the Jordan River and the Knerret/Sea of Galilee.

[Wiz-Nerd]

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[Wiz-Nerd]

“I don’t think Israel will allow drilling in the Golan. It is too close to the Jordan River and the Knerret/Sea of Galilee.”

I’m not following you on this. Are the reasons environmental?

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

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[Eleutheria5]

Nyanyanyanyaaaanya! (we ain’t giving it back)