On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:37:04 +0100, Bill Wright wrote:

If it takes more than a barrel of oil to extract a barrel of oil then
as a fuel it is useless.

That simply wouldn't be viable, so I doubt if the oil men would even
think of attempting to recover it,

That I cane believe if they ain't going to make any money they won't do
it.

or the accountants would even think of counting it in the first place.

That I'm not so sure about. It depends what the accountant is out to
prove.

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Cheers
Dave.