" YET" being the key word there. This initial exploration was never intended to be "BIG news Mammouth find adventure". That would have been nice, but we have been told phase 1 was for exploration and information gathering. Sinopec will play their hand when unknowns are known and this takes time with multiple partners and countries involved. It's more complex than drilling in simpler places, many entities to negotialte with.
We all know the Oil is there. Time will increase shareholder value. Then the buy out comes. AJMO.