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28 May 2010 – Operations Update

May 28th, 2010

Dear Shareholder and/or Friend of Zion…

The past two weeks have seen various Zion Oil & Gas matters move forward significantly, as we:

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30 April 2010 – Operations Update

April 30th, 2010

Dear Shareholder and/or Friend of Zion…

During the past two weeks, Israel celebrated its 62nd birthday and, almost to the day, Zion Oil & Gas celebrated its 10th birthday.

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16 April 2010 – Operations Update

April 16th, 2010

Dear Shareholder and/or Friend of Zion…

I am happy to announce some excellent news. This past week, Zion Oil & Gas and Aladdin Middle East Ltd (AME) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that I believe will not only be good for both Zion Oil and AME, but also for the State of Israel.

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1 April 2010 – Operations Update

April 1st, 2010

Dear Shareholder and/or Friend of Zion…

My last update to you was on March 19, 2010. During the past two weeks, we have continued our completion work on the Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 well.

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19 March 2010 – Operations Update

March 19th, 2010

Dear Shareholder and/or Friend of Zion…

My last update to you was on March 5, 2010. During the past two weeks, we have continued our completion work on the Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 well. As you can read below, this includes setting packers in the wellbore and perforating the formation by lowering explosives into the well:

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19 February 2010 – Operations Update

February 19th, 2010

Dear Shareholder and/or Friend of Zion…

On Wednesday of this week, Israel’s Channel 10 TV sent a reporting team to interview ‘Zion Oil & Gas’ and film at the Ma’anit site. I understand that a TV program on ‘Oil and Gas in Israel’ is scheduled for broadcast tonight (Friday) on Channel 10 in Israel.

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Zion Oil to Resume Operations on its Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 Well

February 5th, 2010

Dallas, Texas and Caesarea, Israel – February 5, 2010 – Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ GM: ZN) announced today that the Company is mobilizing its drilling rig, currently situated at the Elijah #3 well, to resume production testing operations on the Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 well as soon as possible within approximately two weeks.

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5 February 2010 – Operations Update

February 5th, 2010

On Monday, February 1st, I was extremely happy to welcome to Zion, Mr. William (Bill) Ottaviani, Zion’s newly appointed President and Chief Operating Officer.

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22 January 2010 – Operations Update

January 22nd, 2010

Last week, I wrote that I am not going to continually repeat information that has already been sent to you and that when there is ‘no news to report‘, I will write just that.

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15 January 2010 – Operations Update

January 15th, 2010

There has been quite some discussion by our staff regarding Zion’s weekly updates, as not every week contains ‘news to report’ on every part of our exploration license and permit areas.

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