Yes. They could simply sit back until then and hope none of their competition teams up with Falcon in the meantime. I think it's more likely they are playing hardball right now, and want a bigger peice of the pie during phase 2. If anyone thinks Exxon and MOL wouldn't do somthing that was a little underhanded, think again :)

coincidence that all three wells tanked...we agree 100% lanman...they arent the biggest for no reason...rhyme and reason...just happened to blow all three...even fo didnt do that and some of the more astute poster of old said fo had no competence...exxon knows the size of this play and with this size there will be friction as the number of zero's being dealt with is no chump change...fo not is a good spot to negotiate...although they do have the pl...not looking good for the home team...we wait...gofo and g'day