Great post Howard, Thats pretty much the same information I come up with also. I know its difficult to find alot of verifiable intel on Empire Energy right now. And It seems there are alot of armchair quarterbacks out there pushing their own agendas. But, once I seperate the wheat from the chaff, It seems very straight forward to me that eegc has done everything that could be expected of them to make Empire a roaring success. The lease is apparantly assured,and the rigs on its way. Both extreemly positive factors in my book to assure investors that financial success is at hand, and continued patience is in order. If you ask me, I find the whole thing very exciting to be on the cusp of Empires sucsess, and that Malcolm Bendall's dream is about to finally be realised after so many years of tireless persuit,and doged and unwaivering belief on behalf of all EEGC investors.....JMO.....:)