RE:Coming down to the wire, cowards jumping ship...I believe JR and co would go for that deal HP. However it remains to be seen. Isn't it possible POU would use it's ~20 % influence in NVA to cherry pick the assets they only want? Like you or rayjay said, taking them over outright would mean acquiring assets they likely don't want or need PLUS assuming all their debts etc. Perhaps they only want to make a deal for the assets they want either from NVA directly or wait and see if another competitor comes out of the bushes to pounce on them and make a deal with them to divy up the assets with them. Either way, if POU wants to compete with the likes of TOU, ARX etc, they will need a significant boost in production levels to the 100,000 + BOE range and striking distance of 120,000 BOEs. Plus 45% liquids/oil. If they can pull this off while taking on only minimal debt, they CAN be the next vii or tou arc imo.