A permit, as defined by the Israel Ministry of National Infrastructure, allows a company to conduct reconnaissance exploration effort prior to committing to a well during the License period. The priority rights conveys the exclusive right to the permit holder to convert to a drilling license (at the holder’s discretion), upon fulfillment of the required work program
As per the MNI: Preliminary Permit, the owner of which may request a priority right which gives exclusive exploration rights on the area. A permit may be granted for a period not exceeding 18 months. A person desiring a preliminary permit for carrying out preliminary investigations, not including test drilling, in order to ascertain the prospects for discovering petroleum, shall apply therefore to the Commissioner; the Commissioner may, in respect of such area and on such conditions as he may think fit, grant him a permit or may refuse the application
A more conceptual phase than the actual FEED phase, which could for instance examine both offshore and onshore solutions and a final solution will be selected during the pre-FEED phase, technological appraisals and recommendations for the full FEED
Such as the Negev and the Arava that the government of Israel wants to declare as preferred areas to be used for the production of alternative energy and where the government would provide incentives for investors who will produce electricity from renewable sources in this area
