In 1979, James Wilson (then the former chief geologist of Shell Oil Company,) prepared a report for the Israeli government that estimated that the onshore reserves potential of the country (excluding the Dead Sea area) was 330 million to 2 billion barrels. In northern Israel very little exploratory drilling has been undertaken, and ZEBI believes the Valley of Jezreel and Megiddo is full of oil and gas and will prove to be a great field, changing the destiny of a nation." ..