According to the Israeli Petroleum Law: The Minister may require lessees to supply first, at the market price, out of the petroleum produced by them in Israel and the petroleum products produced therefrom, such quantity of petroleum and petroleum products as, in his opinion, is required for Israeli consumption, and to refine it in Israel as far as they have refining facilities and to sell it in Israel. For this purpose, the Minister may require lessees to produce petroleum from their existing wells at a rate sufficient for the said purposes