Israeli Minister of Agriculture Levi Eshkol today received Frank Caftel, president of the Canadian oil company New Continental, for a discussion of oil prospecting in Israel.
It was learned that after Parliament adopts an oil prospecting law, New Continental will undertake to survey several areas of the country for oil possibilities. It is also understood that the government is rushing preparation of the prospecting law and intends to place it before the Knesset immediately after that body resumes meeting after the Passover recess.
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