[Fori362]

Call me cynical, but the MYG's sudden enthusiasm for continuing the search looks too out of character unless they intend a carefully-crafted negative result.

I wonder if the contract conditions will be something like ...

1. You will search all the areas we tell you to first. (You will not find anything there but it will look like we've taken the experts' advice and done our best to find it.)

2. Then you can search wherever you want.

3. We've calculated that (1) will take you at least 90 days (and by then it will also be coming into winter).

4. You can't search after the 90 days without our further agreement.

And I wouldn't be surprised if the phrases: '... credible new evidence ...' and '... wouldn't be right to give the NOK false hope ...' don't creep in somewhere again.

Otherwise, why limit OI to 90 days? The MYG could simply let them run as long as OI want - no find, no fee = no financial risk to the MYG, no matter how long it takes.

Suspiciously odd contract terms.