RE:RE:the bottom.....approximately 500 million shares at 2.76$ div per year..not paying would mean that 1.3 $ billion would not be going out the door..less pressure on the company...lots of unhappy shareholders sold on the idea of a never cut dividend..am holding 5300 cpg@36.93 since 2009..collecting div in cash every month...when circumstances change ..you adjust your ideas..if oil really tanks..and stays there...lots of things we said would never be done might have to be considered in order to survive...also hold 2444 pwt@17.79 since 2006....by the way ..no idea how low oil is going or how low cpg is going...good hunting to all