apache voted with their feet

"I think we're at a point where some of these companies have to decide if they want to go with a greenfield opportunity many years later at (rival Chevron Corp's ) Wheatstone project, or pay us a premium for a brownfield many years earlier," Chief Executive Officer Don Voelte told Reuters during a visit to Australia's parliament.

"Frankly, we've given our best offer, and I'm ambivalent about it."

Famous last words by Don Voelte