Distract attention from the most promising asset The clowns' apparent determination to throw AOS off its carefully-considered course is sure to distract
attention from the company’s most valuable and promising asset, namely, the high-quality Clearwater bitumen deposit on the outskirts of Fort McMurray. The old board had husbanded resources to navigate the lengthy regulatory process required to bring Clearwater to production. Costly and risky forays elsewhere threaten to undo progress made so far.