'MartiniStocks9756' pid='62599' datel Wrote:Interesting theory. This is how rumors go crazy on the Internet. Would we not have heard already if true? Its like buying a lottery ticket fun to think about the possibilities I guess. I would think there is no way such a plot would wait for another two weeks. It has to be something like well results.

Martini - Perhaps it will be well results . Today makes 27 days since they told us about the (approximately) 43 feet of cores and that they were preparing to run wire-line logs . However,they did not tell us if they found both the upper and lower reservoirs as were present in the Tri #2 well. With 43 ft. of cores and some good logs, I'm sure they already know a great deal more about Tri than they knew before . I just wish they would share a lot more info with us long-suffering po' folks . Ha,ha......you know the old story about wishin' in one hand and spittin' in the other ! Thanks for sharing your find with us .

'Palm' pid='62598' datel Wrote:No but such a merger gives majority to OSH/IOC and the PNG government. Prevents any games Total might want to play and makes things more interesting with/Exxon.

I would not want to see a merger, with a billion and a half shares outstanding, and even with a 5 for 1 ($40 pps equivalent share adjustment), I can only imagine the people who would take a bath and never see the kind of PPS appreciation they would see if IOC was left independent with only 49 million shares outstanding.