If it was my company I would have raised Enough Money to Drill 3 Wells to Increase my ODDS of Hitting a Monster Well. They have the Property. And I would Buy my Own Drill Rig that way I have an ASSET to Keep or Sell or Even Lease Out. And hire people to Drill and do the Well Wire Line Logging.and a PR team on Site During the Drilling and Well Testing.
Hard to say who all the players are in these top 20, however you can easily see the changes.
The overall numbers held by the top 20 have not changed by much, still 9 billion plus.
I don't think the shares issued for services is "the same as last year". The shares are going to be held in escrow by 88E. This suggests that mgmt. is more in control of when these shares hit the market, however, i haven't talked to Ashley lately,(lol) so i'm not 100% sure if that assumption is correct.