this seems to be standard proceedure in the gas/oil exploration business.

...sure is nice to be back to living in a standard world...heaven knows if mab was in charge we would have heard a bunch by now...we dont mind waiting...as we believe that when sir rExxon signed on the dotted line it became a when and not if...should get very interesting in the not so distant future...hmmm...production licenses...exxonjv's...and cash sure are a nice thing to have in our back pockets...and to think some idiots from a far away village thought these assets were unattainable by the likes of falcon...gofo and g'day