October 24, 2008 Letter From Zion CEO Richard Rinberg

Dear Zion Shareholder and/or Friend of Zion,
 
On Friday, October 24, 2008, we held an ‘initial closing’ of our current ‘$10 unit’ public offering. (The Press Release is below this letter).
 
We issued 350,994 units, where:
 
One Unit = One Share of Zion stock + One Warrant
 
(The warrant gives a purchaser the right, but not an obligation, to purchase one share of common stock at $7 per share through January 31, 2012).
 
The initial closing was for subscriptions amounting to US$ 3,509,940, and if you subscribed for units before October 11, 2008, and your subscription documents passed review, then your certificate of units purchased will soon be delivered to you, or deposited into your brokerage account, depending on your instructions when you completed your Subscription Agreement. The units will trade on the New York Stock Exchange Alternext (NYSE Alternext US) under the symbol ZN.U.
 
For those who have not yet subscribed,
you still have the opportunity available to you,
as our public offer is still open.
 
At the annual shareholders’ meeting in June 2008, I noted that two of the most talked about subjects in the world are Israel and oil and Zion Oil brings both subjects together.
 
In January 1999, about 15 months before Zion was founded, the price of a barrel of oil hit a low of just $8 per barrel. In January 2002 oil was trading at $20, in July 2008 the price was over $145 and, as I write the price is approximately $65 per barrel. Watching the oil price fluctuations is rather like being in an elevator with a lunatic at the control panel.
 
Thankfully, independent of world markets suffering a nervous breakdown or cardiac arrest, Zion’s exceptional team is steadily making progress with our business plan in a calm rational manner.
 
We continue to raise funds in order to pursue our planned multi-well drilling program in Israel and, depending on the actual amounts raised, we intend to carry out the following work program:
 
(1)   drill our second well, on the Joseph License,
 
(2)   drill a test well on our Asher-Menashe License, and
 
(3)   prepare for the drilling of an additional well on either license.
 
 
Recently, the world’s most successful investor, Warren Buffett, wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times.  He commented that the time to invest in the stock market was now, when everyone is ‘fearful’ of the future and that: ‘If you wait for the robins, spring will be over’.
 
But those who trust in the Lord need not be fearful of the future. Warren Buffet’s advice regarding the forward-thinking philosophy of ice hockey great Wayne Gretzky is accurate. Wayne Gretzky said: ‘I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.’
 
In the event of success with our drilling plans, it may seem that the $10 unit price of our offering was a real ‘don’t miss’ opportunity.
 
If you have already subscribed, thank you for your support. If you have not yet subscribed, please don’t you miss this opportunity.
 
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. (Psalm 118:8)

Shalom from Israel
 
Richard Rinberg
 
CEO of Zion Oil & Gas, Inc.
 
 
P.S. Full details of the offer are set out in the Prospectus which is available for download and review on our website www.zionoil.com under “Investor Center” If you would prefer a hard copy of the Prospectus, please call: 1-888-TX1-ZION (1-888-891-9466) or email: dallas@zionoil.com

Zion Oil & Gas Signs Drilling Contract

Caesarea, Israel – September 15, 2008 – Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. (Amex: ZN) of Dallas, Texas and Caesarea, Israel announced today that it and Aladdin Middle East (“AME”) have signed a drilling contract. Last week, Zion’s Chief Executive Officer, Richard Rinberg, and the President and Chief Operating Officer of Zion, Glen Perry, visited AME’s offices in Ankara, Turkey, in order to inspect AME’s rig and equipment yard, meet with key AME personnel and finalize the terms of the drilling contract.

The contract was executed by both parties on September 12, 2008. Under the terms of the contract AME has committed to provide a completely refurbished and updated 2,000 horsepower rig and crews (anticipated to arrive in Israel in November 2008) and to drill Zion’s planned Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 well ‘directionally’ to below 18,000 feet. The well is planned to appraise the strong shows seen in the Triassic (during the drilling of the Ma’anit #1 well) and to drill deeper into the Permian formation.  It will be the first well drilled to the Permian in Northern Israel. The commencement of the drilling program is subject to receipt of various government permits and raising additional capital, whether through Zion’s current public offering or otherwise.

Richard Rinberg, Zion’s Chief Executive Officer, said today, “This is an important milestone for Zion, one which we have been working towards for a long time.  We are very impressed by the quality of AME’s rig and the professionalism of their people.  We appreciate the hospitality shown to us by AME during our visit and are excited about working with AME and drilling our next wells, just as soon as we can.

Additional information relating to the drilling contract and related matters will be included in Zion’s Current Report on Form 8-K, that Zion will be filing soon with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Zion Oil & Gas, a Delaware corporation, explores for oil and gas in Israel in areas located onshore between Tel-Aviv and Haifa. It currently holds two petroleum exploration licenses, the Joseph and Asher-Menashe Licenses, between Netanya on the south and Haifa on the north covering a total of approximately 162,000 acres.

AME is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, incorporated in Delaware in 1962, with its head office in Wichita, Kansas. AME has drilled more than 130 exploration and development wells in Turkey for major oil companies, including Exxon, Mobil, Wintershall AG, MOL, Placid Oil, Neste Oy, Terralliance (USA), JKX (UK) and TETHYS (Sweden). Its rig inventory includes 11 drilling and workover rigs and AME’s personnel have enormous work experience in many countries, including Turkey, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Georgia.

Zion Oil & Gas Public Offering Update

“With faith there are no questions.
Without faith, there are no answers.”
 
Dear Zion Shareholder and/or Friend of Zion
 
We are extending the initial 90 day period for our public offering of $10 units. The extension gives us an additional 60 days (until October 11th, 2008) to sell the minimum subscriptions required of 325,000 units at $10 each (= $3,250,000). If we don’t reach the minimum by October 11th, then we will have to close our offering and return to every subscriber the subscription amounts that we will then have in the escrow account.
 
We have almost everything we need to drill our next two wells in Israel, but we need money to pay for importing the drilling rig from Turkey and the daily drilling costs. Since we began planning our next well, the US dollar has fallen 25% in value against international currencies, while associated oil industry costs have risen by 50% to 100%.
 
For example, when we drilled our first well, the Ma’anit #1, the contractor’s daily rate was $14,000.  For our next planned well, the Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2, the daily rate will be $28,500 per day (and that is considered to be a very good price in a market that can charge up to $40,000 for a similar drilling rig).
 
The current economic downturn has hurt many and prevented us from reaching the minimum in the initial 90 days of our public offering, but we sincerely believe that the Joseph Project will be a financial blessing to those who have the vision and faith to support it. (Ruth 2:12)
 
If you do not have money to invest then I pray that G-d will send it to you. But if you do have the funds, perhaps this is the intended use for them. (Esther 4:14)
 
Please consider what number of $10 units you want to take. The minimum is 100 units but we hope you will want to take more. 500 units at $10 each is $5,000 and, if we are successful, this may be the best money you ever invested… and you will be blessed… (Genesis 12:1-3)
 
Please give this message your serious consideration; Zion depends on your support and without your prayers and financial support, we may not be able complete our work in Israel. (Numbers 10:32)
  
Shalom
 John Brown
(Hosea 12:10)
  
NOTICE:
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy Units of Zion’s securities, which may only be by prospectus, nor shall there be any sale of the Units in any state or country in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration, qualification or exemption under the securities laws of any such state or country.
 
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: Statements in this communication that are not historical fact, including statements regarding the closing of the offering, the timing and results thereof, Zion’s planned operations, potential results thereof and potential effects of those results on the market for Zion’s securities and returns on investments in those securities, are forward-looking statements as defined in the “Safe Harbor” provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that are subject to significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other unpredictable factors, many of which are described in Zion’s Prospectus and its periodic reports filed with the SEC and are beyond Zion’s control. These risks could cause Zion’s actual performance to differ materially from the results predicted by these forward-looking statements. Zion can give no assurance that the expectations reflected in these statements will prove to be correct and assumes no responsibility to update these statements.
 
Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Zion Oil & Gas and its offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, Zion Oil & Gas or its underwriter will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling toll free 1-888-TX1-ZION (1-888-891-9466). Direct links to the SEC location, or to the documents in PDF, may be found on the home page of Zion Oil & Gas. Inc., at www.zionoil.com. 
 
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