The Barryroe gamble.9 Dec 2021 13:39
Tony O'Reilly Jun. may not be the brightest pebble on the beach, but he is not stupid either.
After his last fundraise he had the cash to bring Barryroe into production, barring accidents.
He chose not to do so, and to gamble instead on a deep-water drill off the west coast.
That surely implies that he had some doubts as to whether Barryroe was economically deliverable. Otherwise, not even a gambler would have gone with the west-coast drill.
So I wonder what really was or is his view - not that he will ever tell us.