RE:Forget the tax poolsMax, ATH with great asserts, huge cash flow, grossly undervalued due to crash in oil asset land/reserve values, is the perfect takeout target because of tax loss carry forwards. I don't believe I've seen a better takeout target in oil then ATH. And of course you would buy this stock hoping for a takeout. Ether way you make money. I've speculated on this for a long time and it hasn't come to fruition yet, but everyday that passes, its more likely imo. The tax pools will be the final driving factor for a takeout or merger now that the profits of the big boys are going to be enormous. They can now go to shareholder and say they increased production by 35,0000 bpd, increased cash flow and paid a billion that would have gone to taxes anyways. Its a no brainer.