If there is no lawsuit and no business happening between the two then "settlement" could very well be a portion of the original contract that was guaranteed. This would make complete sense.
I wonder if that is really the case because if it is that would be a lot of cash that could be put right into the O&G parts of the business...or paying down some debt...or BOTH!
$10m would be wonderful of course, but it seems pretty unlikely that a company doubling its authorized shares would need to do so if that kind of money were right around the corner.
When a legitimate investor has to think about having his post deleted: "At the risk of having my message deleted I will comment on your question about the SLB contract... " it doesn't reflect well on the credibility of the board.
I would like to see equal treatment of pumpers and bashers (regardless of what that treatment is) with lots of room in between for investors to express opinions and justify them.