"cold sweat"

[ArtM72]

2126's comments are well taken, insightful and rational. All these things should be done, and maybe great progress is being made. Where though is any evidence of that progress? Pretty much all we've seen is a close down of discovery and appraisal operations after completion of the minimum amount of work necessary to maintain IOC licenses. With three discoveries outside PRL15 and (as far as I can tell) a High Arctic rig sitting idle IOC doesn't even appear to have a single appraisal drilling site selected much less being prepared for spudding.

Thank heaven we have Total working for us. I hope.