Don't be too harsh Timmy. One of them is only 12.5% interest so it wouldn't cost too much to participate (low risk). But if we assumed 900 bopd for 300 days at $100 oil (at 12.5%) thats another $3.3 Mil (profit maybe $1-$1.5M) per annum.
It would probably pay itself back in less than a year.