duncanmcl,

I don't think any money changed hands. Those wells were very old shallow wells that would have been very expensive and time consuming to bring up to production levels. Why waste your time and money(that's in short supply), on a very low return project when you could spend both on two very high return projects. That's smart business from where I sit. I spent 40 years in the business world, and believe me, return on capital is NUMERO UNO!!!