Oil operators digging their first series of wells in Israel were reported today to be optimistic.
It was stated that a party working near Massada, on the Dead Sea, had struck gas pockets last week and had immediately made preparations for capping the wells in the event that oil starts to erupt behind the gas.
Passover may be over, but your chance to support independent Jewish journalism isn't. Help JTA keep reporting the stories that define our era.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
