RE: Re SP21 Jun 2019 12:52
To be fair we could have just as easily hit oil with each of our drills and DW would be an oil genius.
Salaries are ridiculously high on all these companies. DW not worse or better than any of the others. Plenty of directors who were O&G analysts who realised the huge payouts you can earn. Spend a little on permits. Raise money from institutions, give them a good profit at PI share holder expense. Hopefully all comes good. 5 years later. Cash raise. A little 3D, a couple of drills. 5 years of director pays. Sell it on the the real oil companies who make money. If it doesn't come good for the shareholders you've earnt loads of salary and plenty of shares. Network, move on, do it somewhere else or buy another permit. Tell everyone its fantastic and no one else realised how fantastic except them. Raise more money. Do some more 3d. Another drill or two. Oops another £1m direct pay down the drain. Might come good, might not, doesn't really matter. Sit on the remuneration committee of other companies, vote on your friends salary who then does the same for you.
BUT we are at an inflection point, now realising the assets and getting back the money spent on them plus a little jam... hopefully