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Oil seeps between desert bushes in the Evrona nature reserve, December 7, 2014. (Facebook / Tamar Zandenburg)
June 2, 2026, 1:38 pm
Nature Authority to remove 40,000 tons of soil polluted in massive 2014 oil spill
Inspectors will guide every tractor driver to ensure minimum harm to sensitive arid ecosystem near Eilat, where acacia trees are failing to germinate along contaminated streambeds
By Sue Surkes
An oil tanker docked at the Europe-Asia Pipeline Company's port in Eilat from May 28 to 30, 2023. (Courtesy, Zalul)
April 29, 2025, 4:36 pm
State proposes extending secrecy for state-owned oil infrastructure firms
Draft notice posted to government website without publicity, giving public until May 5 to respond to proposal for the Europe Asia Pipeline Company
By Sue Surkes
A massive oil leak caused by the rupture of a Europe Asia Pipeline Company line in the Evrona nature reserve in 2014. (Environmental Protection Ministry)
January 29, 2025, 12:16 pm
Report blasts state oil company for not addressing problems in Eilat-Ashkelon line
State comptroller says Europe Asia Pipeline Company gave out bonuses during year of oil leak, criticizes government for foot-dragging on oil import policy
By Sue Surkes
A massive oil leak caused by the rupture of a Europe Asia Pipeline Company line in the Evrona nature reserve in 2014. (Environmental Protection Ministry)
January 16, 2025, 10:14 am
In plea deal, oil company to pay just $400,000 for Israel’s worst-ever spill
Court upholds convictions for Europe Asia Pipeline Company and senior employee over burst pipe that caused enduring damage to southern Israel’s Evrona Nature Reserve in 2014
By Sue Surkes
A protest against the expansion of activity at the EAPC oil port in Eilat, southern Israel, on February 10, 2021. The sign reads, 'Stop the oil agreement now.' (Egor Iggy Petrenko/Coast Patrol)
December 9, 2024, 10:09 pm
Siding with controversial company, government scraps policy restricting Eilat oil imports
Broad coalition vows to continue fight to protect environment and Eilat corals from oil spills, notes exposure of oil infrastructure to enemy attack during ongoing war
By Sue Surkes
An oil tanker docks at the Europe Asia Pipeline Company port in Eilat in southern Israel, on May 4, 2021. (Shmulik Taggar)
May 30, 2024, 10:11 pm
Israel aims to boost Red Sea oil deliveries despite environmental risks
Government seeks to shore up economy amid wartime constraints; Eilat mayor, environmental regulators opposed, citing coral reef, history of oil spills
By Reuters and ToI Staff
This aerial photograph, taken on February 10, 2021, shows the oil storage containers of the Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company (EAPC) in the mountains near Israel's Red Sea port city of Eilat. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP)
April 4, 2024, 8:44 am
Knesset committee peels away secrecy rules governing state oil company
Committee head says changes strike ‘correct balance’ between state security and public’s right to know; green groups welcome reform, vow to continue fighting for total transparency
By Sue Surkes
Nothing grows along a watercourse at Evrona Nature Reserve in southern Israel, where soil was contaminated by a 2014 leak of crude oil (see the dark patches beneath the soil crust), February 14, 2024. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
February 27, 2024, 4:37 pm
Nature authority to remove 30,000 cubic meters of oil-soaked soil at southern reserve
Move follows years of post-spill research and failure of other methods to draw out crude oil that flooded out of broken pipe into Evrona Nature Reserve near Eilat in 2014
By Sue Surkes
The Europe Asia Pipeline Company's oil boom in Eilat, designed to catch any potential oil spill before it leaks more broadly into the sea. (Courtesy EAPC)
February 14, 2023, 5:23 pm
Knesset committee agrees to extend secrecy for oil conglomerate for one year only
Decision is a win for environmental and civil society groups; a blow to the cabinet, which asked for a five year-extension for companies that once did business with the shah’s Iran
By Sue Surkes
View of the Europe Asia Pipeline Company's oil terminal in the southern city of Eilat, January 14, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
January 29, 2023, 9:47 pm
Cabinet extends secrecy for state-owned oil infrastructure firms, despite objections
Decision, if approved by Knesset, will keep public in dark about the activities of three companies originally linked to deal with Iranian shah
By Sue Surkes
An aerial view of the Europe Asia Pipeline Company's (EAPC) oil terminal at Israel's southern Red Sea port city of Eilat, February 9, 2021. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
December 30, 2021, 1:19 pm
Environment minister says oil deal with UAE ‘cannot be realized’
Tamar Zandberg tells Army Radio that the number of oil tankers allowed to dock at the Eilat port will not be increased, effectively killing the deal
By Tia Goldenberg
Health care workers take test samples of Israelis in a drive through complex to check if they have been infected with COVID-19, in Modi'in, on December 26, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
December 27, 2021, 2:26 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 27 – Omicron dominates and bird flu decimates
Health writer Nathan Jeffay discusses fast-approaching Omicron effects; environmental reporter Sue Surkes looks at a fowl disease affecting wild and domestic birds, green successes
By ToI Staff
Israelis at a Red Sea beach close to the Europe Asia Pipeline Company's oil terminal in Eilat, southern Israel, February 10, 2021. (Menaham Kahana/AFP)
October 22, 2021, 12:33 pm
UAE says nixing pipeline agreement won’t damage ties with Israel
Contradicting company’s claim, senior official says deal to ship Gulf crude to Europe overland via Israel — opposed by environmentalists — has nothing to do with Emirati government
By Sue Surkes
Police intervene in an Extinction Rebellion protest against the Europe Asia Pipeline Company's deal with an Israeli-United Arab Emirates consortium to channel Gulf crude through Israel, from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, Ashkelon, October 17, 2021. (Screenshot)
October 17, 2021, 1:49 pm
Extinction Rebellion blocks entrance to oil pipeline company in Ashkelon
Environmental activists protest oil deal signed by Israeli state company and an Israeli-UAE consortium, as climate demonstrations are held nationwide over weekend
By Sue Surkes
Crude oil fanned out into the streambeds at the Evrona Nature Reserve following a leak from a pipe on December 3, 2014. (Environmental Protection Ministry spokesperson/Roi Talbi)
September 10, 2021, 1:54 am
Study: Ecosystem could collapse at nature reserve hit by oil spill 7 years ago
Wildlife, as well as seedlings of acacia trees, essential to ecosystem, not recovering, 5-year monitoring program in Evrona Nature Reserve concludes
By Sue Surkes
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