Beauty of disinformationAs pointed out by everyone, the new release tells us -
"The Operator..has issued an abandonment notice for this particular well"
It does not say it has been abandoned. They could issue the notice and later amend it, and it would still be a correct statement. Or perhaps they could not amend it yet, but complete it as a suspension, saving the amendment notice till later.
So many unanswered questions. The speculation and this play is therefore . . . alive and doing very well.