I think the big picture restructuring is probably complete. But they could be opening the door to doing something larger on the acquisition side.

I think this signals the looming departure of John Lau.

It was disappointing, especially given that we are in such a rich market for oil and (refined) products. But on the other hand, if these issues are going to hit you, better that it happen in such a strong price environment.

Given that it's the deepest well ever drilled, you might describe it as a new frontier, except the frontier isn't farther out geographically; it's farther down toward the core of the earth.

You might have thought in this price environment [$60-a-barrel oil] that you might have got a bonus, but Ecuador is a difficult political and economic regime for the oil industry.

The name never came up. It's bizarre...Is Shell going to compete with itself, or is this a way of not diluting its interest (with other investors)?