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Evrona Nature Reserve

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
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
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
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)
February 9, 2024, 12:25 pm
State oil conglomerate fined NIS 1.5 million for massive leak in nature reserve
Two employees of Europe Asia Pipeline Company also handed small fines; CEO of environmental lobby says punishments ‘a mockery,’ urges state prosecution to demand jail time
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
Clean up efforts underway at the site of an oil spill some 3 kilometers off Ashkelon's coast, October 30, 2020. (Environmental Protection Ministry)
October 30, 2020, 2:31 pm
Environment ministry investigating, cleaning up oil spill off Ashkelon coast
Several cubic meters of oil dispersed after leak discovered from Trans-Israel pipeline, 3 kilometers out to sea
By ToI Staff
A view of the oil leak in the Arava area of southern Israel, on December 9, 2014 (Environmental Protection Ministry)
October 27, 2020, 3:15 pm
State-owned company, 5 executives may face trial over 2014 desert oil spill
Pre-trial hearing set for suspects over worst ecological disaster in Israel’s history, which saw 5 million liters of crude spilled when EAPC pipeline ruptured
By ToI Staff
A view of the oil leak in the Arava area of southern Israel, on December 9, 2014 (Environmental Protection Ministry)
November 7, 2019, 3:23 pm
State-owned pipeline firm to pay NIS 100m over massive 2014 oil spill in south
Ministry hails settlement in what is believed to be Israel’s worst ecological disaster as ‘milestone’ for environmental law, though damage was assessed at nearly 3 times higher
By ToI Staff
An oil spill in the Arava area of southern Israel, on December 4, 2014. (Nature and Parks Authority)
October 31, 2018, 8:03 pm
Damages from massive 2014 oil spill amount to NIS 281 million
Environmental Protection Ministry says criminal probe being conducted on ruptured pipeline that caused massive ecological disaster in south
By ToI Staff
A lizard covered in oil on December 16, 2014, three weeks after the huge oil spill in the Arava desert of southern Israel (photo credit: Roy Talbi/Israeli Environmental Protection Ministry)
December 28, 2014, 11:01 pm
NIS 17 million funding plan approved for Arava oil cleanup
Team to investigate activities of secretive Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the site of a large oil spill in the Arava valley in southern Israel, Tuesday, December 9, 2014 (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
From the WebDecember 19, 2014, 3:13 pm
Oil spill in Israel’s Evrona Nature Reserve disastrous news for precious resource
Washington Post: The damage to the Arava’s fragile ecosystem is worse than most people believe
Yosef Abramowitz (in peach shirt) and his partners at Israel's first solar field in 2013 (photo credit: Courtesy Yosef Abramowitz)
December 19, 2014, 3:58 am
Near major oil spill, a solar field grows in Israel
Eilot Belt project aims to provide daytime energy needs of area’s 55,000 residents by next year
By Ben Sales
Yosef Abramowitz stands in front of the damaged portion of the Trans-Israel pipeline (Photo credit: Courtesy)
December 8, 2014, 6:42 pm
Pipeline disaster called ‘crude reminder’ of oil’s dangers
The timing of the Arava spill couldn’t be more ironic – just days before the start of Israel’s largest alternative energy conference
By David Shamah
Oil seeps between desert bushes in the Evrona Nature Reserve, December 7, 2014. (Environmental Protection Ministry spokesperson/Roi Talbi)
December 7, 2014, 5:51 pm
Company told to stop operating pipeline following massive oil spill
As workers clear out contaminated soil, nearby residents sue and officials fear rain may wash pollutants down to Gulf of Eilat
By Avi Lewis
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