00:50, of course we can all profit.Everyone holds onto their...

00:50, of course we can all profit.
Everyone holds onto their shares....
Oil is struck.....
Over the years generates more revenue is created than costs.
Costs are all the bills 88E pays, and any Partners.
Plus Alaska tax.
Plus all the Cash Raised from Share Holders.

The revenue may be substantially greater than the total costs.

The twisted part of the game (the business...) is that people try to make Trading Gain at the expense of other people making Trading Loss.
On average, half the people here are your enemies, and the other half are your allies.
But you cannot tell who is enemy and who is ally, they may not even realise themselves.