"Based on the dissemination of news for the last 2 months, it appears as though PTSC controls the PR announcements now, so perhaps they can do so in a way that helps US."

It did cross my mind that TPL has no real reason (nor time, perhaps) to worry about PR. They are not a public company and any potenital infringers of MMP are probably already aware of PTSC's involvement. PTSC still isn't giving any quantitative information away (e.g. $s).