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To: norraad
Most people have no idea the amount of money it takes to drill a well. Here in Louisiana a well that I am very familiar with cost 8.5 million with no payoff.

No one will dare invest that kind of money without a prospect of a big payoff.
12 posted on 10/09/2004 8:48:08 AM PDT by pugdog
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To: pugdog

Does make you wonder -- fund farmers but not oil producers.


23 posted on 10/09/2004 11:00:52 AM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Oklahoma is Reagan Country and now Bush Country -- Vote for Dr. Tom)
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