Talisman said reduction in shale yes, but after these 2 wells, Quebec would only be looking for 6-8 well mutli pad well for this year, the 30-60 is next year. We're not producing, and that 35% decrease it mostly affecting their main shale plays.
Talisman took a call from someone yesterday, they said that they will drill the 2 wells, then after getting those results decide what to do next. These guys are waiting on the BAPE (regulation guidelines) and some royalty figures and incentives. They are important and without those they're not going to expose themselves. Besides, the Quebec media follows this. Today I saw an artcile from a Quebec paper talking about Talisman drilling those two wells...so if they were have said they're going to go drilling away big this year before the BAPE, the papers would have crucified them about showing how little the BAPE means to them and it would have made the industry look bad. That type of bad press directly spits in the people's faces and we're trying to build social acceptancy!!
Rocco