>From our perspective this deal with XTO may have come about just in time. XTO will now have two months to review the Makó results and this may just be enough time for them to recommend going to phase 2 as they look to prove to Exxon that their expertise has warranted the very high price tag. Regards Paul

I agree Paul, this brings to mind what our resident Mascot use to say…its amazing how the pieces are falling together…or something like that :)