By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Feb. 1 -- Zion Oil & Gas Inc., Dallas, has named William L. Ottaviani as president and chief operating officer.
Ottaviani, a petroleum engineer, has been with Chevron Corp. in 1982-2007 working in Angola, Indonesia, and the US. He was chief operating officer of Rex Energy Corp. in 2007-09.
Zion Oil & Gas holds three petroleum exploration licenses that cover 327,000 acres in Israel.