You are entitled to these emotional anecdotes Tony, and hey...

You are entitled to these emotional anecdotes Tony, and hey basing investment on such things is probably just as good as most analyst and forum posts on the web IMO. WPL have the cash to buy nice assets and pay for development without risk of capital raise. They are low risk JV partners with no political/geo-political strategic hidden agendas and no "colonial masters" baggage to carry in Francophone West Africa.

At the end of the day they make profit from their activities and pay investors dividends. Return on assets is best in the comparison group. If you can make the assets work to the advantage of your shareholders then management is doing something right.

FAR is exciting because the blocks they have a 15% stake in are good assets. IMO sentiment in oil and gas is about to change again after a hiatus last qtr. Oil price will move north $20 per barrel in next 6 months IMO. That's potentially exciting for FAR holders when you combine it with increasing 2C!