Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. (ZN) announced that the Board of Directors approved of in-well testing at its Elijah #3 well in the Asher-Menashe License, in which an application was submitted to Israel's Petroleum Commissioner for a third one-year extension on April 26, 2013.

During Zion's 2013 Annual Shareholders' Meeting, the Board of Directors on June 12, 2013 approved an Authority for Expenditure ("AFE") proposal to conduct in-well testing of its Elijah #3 well within the Jurassic geological section, at approximately 7,380 feet (2,250 meters), with operations likely to occur in September, 2013.

Zion then plans to perforate the zone of interest, fluid stimulate the carbonate rock, and perform a drill stem test. A drill stem test is a procedure for isolating and testing the pressure, permeability and productive capacity of a geological formation within a well. The test is a key method of obtaining information on the formation fluid and establishing whether a well has found a commercial hydrocarbon reservoir.

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