I'm pretty sure the gentlemen referred to below is not "some ERHC hack at a meeting in Houston". I asked the question about the chance of success to Ntephe who then, as I remember, passed the question to ERHC's senior Geoscientist who answered the question. Still not sure why anybody wanted that number hidden. Probably because they believed it was a lousy number. It wasn't. But it wasn't great either. Trying to hide it is atrocious conduct and I am glad I was not a part of.
MICHAEL SHAFIE, SENIOR GEOSCIENTIST
Michael Shafie is a Technical Consultant and Senior Geoscientist for ERHC Energy Inc. and its subsidiaries. Mr. Shafie has 29 years of experience in exploration and development of oil and gas fields throughout the shelf and deep water provinces of West Africa, the U.S., Malasia, Vietnam, Egypt, Venezuela and Black Sea. He worked for major, independent and national exploration and production companies such as El Paso, Unocal, Petronas, PDVZA, OXY USA and Vanco Energy, contributing to discovery of significant volumes of oil and gas reserves. Mr. Shafie is experienced in evaluation and acquisition of oil and gas producing properties and expert in offshore lease sales projects. A member of Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Geophysical Society of Houston and Southwest Louisiana Geophysical Society, Mr. Shafie earned Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science degrees from Florida State University.