RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Winter is coming..."Thou doth protest to strongly"
1) Pay the debt first. Defer dividends until the risks to future cash flow are diminished. The company is still debt heavy if the price of gas drops significantlyly. Reduce risk to cash flows.
2) Set up a dividend is better than stock buybacks because it will lessen the float and the stock is already traded thinly. Not as severe as BNE but the same result will happen here. Insiders and long term holders like me will eventually own so much stock that the stock won't trade much... we are looking for the dividends to start.
The dividends should be sustainable.
3) Growing by acquisition should (and will) be done when oportunities arise that are accreative to the shareholders.