One thing never made completely clear in the original stock acquisition is exactly where all that money came from. Considering the rather cozy relationship that seems to exist between PHI, Shell, BP, and Exxon, is it possible that the oil companies could have ponied up a few million to buy the company from Carroll, using a front-man well known as an anti-union activist? If that were the case, the stock price is really not much of an issue, because the entire amount is only a few hours of production for them.