---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-010980"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZNOG"
cik: "0001131312"
company_name: "ZION OIL & GAS INC"
filed_at: "2025-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T20:41:04.919407+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zion Oil & Gas appoints President/CFO Croswell and COO Kness in succession plan

## Summary
- Michael B. Croswell Jr. appointed President effective April 2, 2025; continues as CFO. Salary $275,000 plus 25,000 share option grants.
- William Avery steps down as interim President but remains General Counsel.
- Monty Kness appointed COO effective April 2, 2025; salary $220,000 plus 25,000 share option grants.
- Both appointments implement Zion's succession plan; no familial or related-party transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-010980
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZNOG
- cik: 0001131312
- company_name: ZION OIL & GAS INC
- filed_at: 2025-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1131312/000143774925010980/0001437749-25-010980-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1131312/000143774925010980/znog20250404_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 14508d96b6
  claim: Monty Kness was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at ZION OIL & GAS INC.
  evidence_excerpt: Effective April 2, 2025, Mr. Monty Kness, age 43, was appointed to serve as the Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1131312/000143774925010980/0001437749-25-010980-index.htm
- claim_id: 1d51ec1aee
  claim: William Avery changed role as President at ZION OIL & GAS INC.
  evidence_excerpt: William Avery, age 77, is stepping down from his interim position as President effective April 2, 2025, and continuing his full- time position as General Counsel.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1131312/000143774925010980/0001437749-25-010980-index.htm
- claim_id: 5b92e93014
  claim: Michael B. Croswell Jr. was appointed as President at ZION OIL & GAS INC.
  evidence_excerpt: Effective April 2, 2025, Michael B. Croswell Jr., age 54, was appointed to serve as President and will continue in his role as Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1131312/000143774925010980/0001437749-25-010980-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.