---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-093396"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZNOG"
cik: "0001131312"
company_name: "ZION OIL & GAS INC"
filed_at: "2023-12-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T16:49:43.799085+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zion Oil & Gas receives Israel Ministry of Energy approval for MJ-01 recompletion project

## Summary
- Approval of workplan by Israel Ministry of Energy for MJ-01 well recompletion.
- Targets Q1 2024 start date post-holidays; service contractors secured.
- Workplan approval follows acquisition of Exploration License 434 (approx. 75,000 acres) on Sept 19, 2023.
- Site and rig unharmed amid ongoing war; operations remain secure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-093396
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZNOG
- cik: 0001131312
- company_name: ZION OIL & GAS INC
- filed_at: 2023-12-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1131312/000121390023093396/0001213900-23-093396-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1131312/000121390023093396/ea189621-8k_zionoil.htm

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