Good assumptions newt.
You heard of the old adage....Where there's smoke, there's fire.
As for kyskybolt’s comment:
>....sounds like a good partner...........but not really one of the "big-guys" that we need.
If Hess would have been good enough in June 2013 with $22 billion capitalization...
Then Impex is no slouch either with $19 billion capitalization.