devil tower update louise spoke tom byargeon morning offshore technical conference spoken rick fowler dominion plans visiting new orleans next week highlights conversations follows end week next information two total depth wells drilled based rumor mill reserves associated devil tower acreage looking even promising however nothing definite data received based well data rick three financing options negotiate exclusively company like enron synthetic lease financing commercial bank rebid since dominion 80 owner devil tower bought mariner 20 credit profile project looks better pioneer 20 rick realizes mistake going company equity backing egg face upper management concern based experience take easy way align commercial bank enron following favor convergent enron bid similar except convergent aker dominion wanted guarantee aker spar tom spoken bob sullivan aker interested aligning enron bring aker back table dominion wants spend dollars steel project end june dominion make decision quickly affect whether devil tower becomes balance balance sheet transaction think dominion would prefer balance sheet deal dominion rebid counterparties competitive relative enron convergent think true competition commercial bank synthetic lease financing either way answer quickly since gossip convergent think stregthen position spar bids ie medusa regards mrha