Dr. Stacy provided a detailed technical presentation of the physical location, size and geo-political complexities associated with bringing to market what he characterized as potentially the world's second-largest oil reserves -- and a key energy resource for the industrialized nations in the 21st Century .
The second group was the small emerging or submerging companies which did not have the resource capacity to service big corporations and the multinationals.
The second largest party in the governing coalition has questioned the level of private investment in the exploitation of a natural resource and the planned level of exports.