OK, now I understand where you're coming from (thank you!). But why would the Sultan sign on as a 25% shareholder if they had any inkling of turning down the project (as they apparently did in Quatar ... before my time)? I guess that's where I'm stuck on the what ifs ... Essentially, there is always execution risk in every business endeavor, but this one seems to have gone too far for it to be material (at least the signing of the DA part).

I don't know if it would have been possible to set an affirmative date in dealing with the Omanis. Perhaps that would not have been possible in that part of the world ... maybe would have been seen as being "too pushy" in an American way!

Anyway, I know you are rooting for this to go through, as am I. Sorry for the angst last night!