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:01:02
'Now back to work,
and keep moving, Texas!'

:01:14
'Nature guards
her treasures jealously.

:01:18
'Just a decade ago, these fields
were beyond our reach.

:01:21
'We didn't have the technology.
:01:23
'Today, a Knox engineer will tell you
that he might need a little time,

:01:28
'but he'll get the oil.
:01:30
'He knows a little time
is all that we have left.'

:01:34

:01:53

:01:55
Mr Happer. Mr Happer, sir.
:02:01
Today's main business
:02:03
is the progress of our
acquisition of part of Scotland

:02:07
for the refinery and storage base.
:02:09
I've got a few things to show you.
:02:12
We have a two-year lead
in North Atlantic development.

:02:16
We can double this by streamlining
the processing end of things onshore.

:02:21
The pipeline is well on its way
from all three production areas.

:02:24
- We have a site for the terminal.
- What about the site acquisition?

:02:30
The survey teams found
the only suitable bay on the coast.

:02:33
Total investment is 600 million,
over three fiscals.

:02:37
We've got to buy Ferness Bay
for $60 million.

:02:41
We're dealing with stable allies
of the US,

:02:44
not to mention the links historically
between Knox Oil and Scotland.

:02:48
We're not in a third world situation.
:02:51
I think we should get
a negotiator on the site.

:02:54
Do I really have to go there?
:02:57
I could fix the deals over the phone,
like with Salinas last year?


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