RE: another interesting take... That would make sense if the aggregate company, Long Run, was similar to Westfire, oily and on an aggressive growth path on a good shallow oil play like the Viking. The larger aggregated company might be more attractive to the Asians.
I really liked where WFE was going. They were making good strides in understanding the Viking. The economics were sound and investors seemed ok, at least until the Orion deal, which added a bunch of wet gas at Kaybob South. Personally I didn't mind that because gas will come back and it wasn't a big part of the deal.
GO has been sliding into the abyss since the 2008 meltdown. Adding GO to WFE and terminating all the WFE technical experts is nuts. They will lose all the accumulated knowledge from work at Redwater and make the same mistakes all over again. The only winners will be the WFE management team who will walk away with their fat bonuses and severances.
Remember Jackson & Muller when the show up in their next reincarnation and invest wisely.
And don't kid yourself - every vote counts, and online voting is a breeze.