New Oil Search slide on IOC/XOM agreement

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  The fact that the Citi writer offered a "simple way to gain alignment" to me suggests that the writer had in mind a scenario in which the partners would not simply go along with whatever scheme XOM and IOC settled on.

There is never a time where a block of majority partners would simply go along with whatever scheme a minority partner wanted. Remember, XOM is a minority partner.

Why try to grab a snippet of information from a report without understanding the context under whitch it was presented and just apply whatever context you happen to have in your mind?

Is my understanding of the english language really so different to other peoples?