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Huge, Exciting Discovery in Golan Heights a "Game-Changer" For Israel: But is it For Better or Worse?With Russia already breathing down Israel's neck at its "back door" in Syria, what will the scent of oil do?
The company, which began round-the-clock drilling in the Golan Heights in December last year, found large reserves of oil at three drilling sites in the south of the region. "We are talking about a layer which is 350 meters thick," Dr. Yuval Bartov, the chief geologist of Afek Oil and Gas told Channel 2 News. "On average in the world strata are 20-30 meters thick, so this is 10 times as large as that, so we are talking about significant quantities." Afek, a subsidiary of American company, Genie Energy, estimates that oil production at the site could potentially reach billions of barrels. Currently Israel consumes 270,000 barrels of oil a day.
While the oil find is confirmed, exact quantities, quality, and the cost-effectiveness of extracting the oil have still to be investigated. Experts in the field have many concerns. Since Israel was founded, some 530 exploratory wells have been drilled across the country but none of them has turned up oil that can be commercially exploited. In the Golan, environmentalists and local residents have been campaigning bitterly against the drilling because they fear that it will damage the region's sensitive and significant natural landscapes, flora and fauna. 
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(Israel)—Major reserves of oil have been discovered on the Golan Heights, which could make Israel self-sufficient for many years to come, according to drilling company Afek Oil and Gas. (Photo credit: Picasa/via Ynetnews.com) 
The company has now requested permission to drill an additional 10 wells. (Shutterstock photo: Golan Heights/via Israel21c.org)
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