Dr. J, Why would they cancel the Egole-1 a four-way rollover closure, when four-way rollover closures have produced more oil finds than any other type of geological structure in the oil industry?
Dead nuts on Doc. The consulting firm had setup every potential scenario (based on estimated probability) and most likely as you said , "set the table" with action plan(s) with degrees of confidence in each plan. They improved the confidence level by already testing/working the potential action plans.
Nothing possibly was totally locked down but the path(s) were established.