Here are many positive statements said by both Paul, Dave, and...

Here are many positive statements said by both Paul, Dave, and Steve put into paraphrased statements:

We had a service company whose name is going to go unsaid who took a look at this and said this is the best shale reservoir they have seen in the world.We bought in, arguably the world’s expert in the thermal maturity of the North Slope, Ken Peters. He’s a professor at Stanford and USGS, he’s the most published guy, he’s an expert on the North Slope - and we had him independently evaluate it and he came back with the same interpretation (as us). We know we have an extraordinary resource in the ground, we haven't shown this to anyone in Houston or anywhere who doesn't agree with that. So we have a compelling resource which is very difficult to find anywhere in the West. We have bought more land and tied up the whole sweet spot as we didn't want to leave money on the table - we want it all. I want to take this imaginary tape Dave's put on my mouth and tell you all about my most optimistic view, and it will blow your mind.
Paul Basinski

Paul has been working on this in secret for years. He didn’t want to let the cat out of the bag until he had critical mass. We know our reservoir is amazing….the reservoir can flow at high rates. I am not going to tell you my most optimistic outlook for this project, but don't worry - I think about it a lot. I have put imaginary tape over Bazinski's mouth as I want the well to do the talking come June/July. Paul and Stephen have probably looked at thousands of projects, I have looked at hundreds. We all agree that a project as good as this comes around once in 10/15 years.
Dave Wall

I am Steve, I am down here, I don't think I'm needed right now, but whenever you need me I have my exciting Conventional plays. If you need me as a fall-back or to add some cream on your Unconventional Cake - give me a call.
Steve Staley