If by speed you mean how fast the oil can be pulled from the ground.... as in the flow rate... that MAY matter. But it's subjective because a bigger company will very likely have a different way of approaching production as opposed to a smaller company with limited access to resources.
But if you mean speed as in the pace the company maintains... then I would disagree that it matters at all.
There are too many factors that would vary even between one management team and another. But more importantly, what might effect Hemi's pace now, like the availability of equipment, etc. would be much less of a factor for a bigger company who has greater resources already available going in.
Even the difference in goals can help determine the pace.
I would say "pace" is totally irrelevant.
The buyers would be experts, or would have access to experts who know and understand the industry completely, and they will easily be able to discern what the potential is when they go over all facets of the company. There would be no value in evaluating Hemi as an independent entity, since if it's bought by a bigger fish, it's just going to be absorbed and become part of that bigger fish's operation, where no doubt it will be utilized in accordance with their way of doing things.
If someone were to buy Hemi with the intent to maintain it as a stand-alone entity, including continuing to operate in the same way it has... a simple change in ownership only... that might be different, but also isn't very likely to ever occur.
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