Don't shoot the messenger. Doran invariably tells it as it is,...

Don't shoot the messenger. Doran invariably tells it as it is, speaks plainly and keeps the market informed. I have respect for him from the days of Command Petroleum.

In respect of Faucon he was upbeat:

"Anytime your find net hydrocarbon pay in the Cretaceous in a previously undrilled area 140km from Chinguetti, you have to be encouraged. Exploration offshore Mauritania is still in its infancy: more than 40 million acres/50,000 sq km; barely scratched by the dill bit."