Baires: Did JP really want to bring TDC into production as his first preference, but wanted drilling to halt and for DW to sell?

You said, "Only then would he be bullish on Tyhee. Webb didn't, so JP sold."

Did he mean that he wanted DW to sell the company, or only DW's own part in it? If it was the company he wanted sold, why would he bother being bullish on a company in which he would no longer hold any shares? Rather, quick profit and out, if the purchase price is above what he bought at.

If all this is true - that JP wanted production first, and as a prerequisite needed drilling to stop and for DW to sell out, and DW was the main impediment to this, it suggests his endgame was not necessarily a higher sale price, but a TDC without the drilling and without DW.

B&S have accomplished just this, with more time to invest in this company and with possibly superior operations management skills and their tag team approach. Correct me if I am wrong Hans, but my understanding is that this has been your argument for the past while. But the question still remains, what are the intentions of B and S? I am slowly coming around to believing that they will go into production with TDC, and as we discuss this I am increasingly impressed with their management skills. Ike