Right on the Money Mickelodian!
As I also Posted (earlier), MEO would be foolish to Bother Logging and paying a high-profilers' price to do so -(Halliburton I'm sure doesn't come cheap).
They would also have to be CRAZY to purchase the Land & had Directional Experts in on the Well late into the Drilling, if it was for a 0 payout!
The Perfume smell of Hydrocarbons in the Air = $$$'s
GLTA
SB