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Lithos

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9. There are oil fields

Reply to ellisonz (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 02:48 AM

Feb 2013

You are right that they have not been previously deemed commercially viable. However there is interest and I think some of the newer surveys are suggesting there is some worth.

But back to the earlier point - definitely not the North Sea and definitely not worth the cost of escalation. Oil is not the motivation.

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