The question you should be asking is why WPL/COP decided to continue with closing the deal when it was clear FAR were interested and according to FAR told COP so.
Perhaps the real fault actually lays at the feet of 2 massive companies used to getting their own way?
Ultimately 3 wise men will decide who is right and who is wrong and WPL/COP/FAR will all have to live with the outcome.
If FID is delayed because there is uncertainty around ownership of the 35% then WPL/COP are to blame not FAR. FAR have followed the PE procedure as laid out in the PSC, has been posted here many times.
SNE as a fall back is not a mantra....its the reality.
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