[thackney]

Your talking points come from some experience I gather particulary in an exploration/appraisal viewpoint but are geared to appease many who believe this timeframe solely exists. I reject that notion entirely.

We agree it is not the same time frame for every area. But my point is that as we push to open ANWR and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, we need to not give the public unrealistic expectation, Otherwise a success will be spun as a failure 3~5 years into the development of areas that have never been set up for initial seismic just to set up leases.

[bestintxas]

We are now on the same page.