The
Israel-based,
Toronto-listed
explorer
said
that
the
deadline
for
spudding
the
first
well
at
its
Samuel
licence
had
now
been
pushed
back
by
seven
months
to
the
end
of
April
2013.
“This
gives
us
flexibility
in
our
ability
to
identify
a
rig
and
sign
a
contract,"
said
chief
executive
Jeffrey
Walters
of
the
extension
on
Tuesday.
Last
month,
Adira
Energy
said
that
the
deadlines
for
the
first
spud
at
its
other
two
Israeli
licences,
Gabriella
and
Yitzhak,
had
been
moved
to
30
June
2013
and
30
October
2013
respectively.
Walters,
the
former
exploration
and
production
chief
of
US
independent…
