---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-076584"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZNOG"
cik: "0001131312"
company_name: "ZION OIL & GAS INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T17:19:15.740740+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zion Oil & Gas awarded new Megiddo Valleys License 434 for Israel exploration

## Summary
- License 434 covers ~75,000 acres (302 sq km) in Israel, valid 3 years with extensions up to 7 years until 2030.
- Company plans re-completion of MJ-01 well using new stimulation methods to unlock hydrocarbon flows.
- Service contractors procured; operations expected to start in Q4 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-076584
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZNOG
- cik: 0001131312
- company_name: ZION OIL & GAS INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1131312/000121390023076584/0001213900-23-076584-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1131312/000121390023076584/ea185234-8k_zionoil.htm

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