To: Dan P who wrote (949 ) 2/24/1998 12:41:00 PM From: Greg W. Taylor Respond to
Likely the clearest answer lies in the fact that we have no current plans to drill or to do any serious exploration until things settle down there. To say 'we like the ground we have' is an understatement. But we too are watching and waiting. There are some signs which concern us, and others which offer some level of comfort: The bad signs I see include issues about: "the family's" continued entrenchment in the economy; Suharto's successor; the strength (or lack thereof) of the rhupiah and the hardship caused by the associated inflation; public unrest; and, the relative lack of democratic means of opposition which, in our Western experience, leads to acceptable reform.
