@sharebroker1 you are assuming ASN applied for the same grant....wrong!
There was no choosing MAN over ASN !
That grant is to study MANs brine...
ASN know their brine chemistry already.
Im also pretty much sure that MANs name is only included in the grant applied for by the colaborators as the brine supplier ... if they re enter any wells. We'll find out in the next financials if they money went to MANs account...?
Now tell me, why would KOCH choose ASN over MAN?
Hint for you in this article...
