Meanwhile, triple world champion Sebastian Vettel was satisfied with his day's work, despite being delayed by a pot-hole in the track.

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Returning to the grass track of his youth, he stepped in a hole and injured his hip, though it has recovered.

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Either way it is particularly disappointing when you drill a dry hole such as happened to the partners in the Blueberry Hill side-track well (EXXI was not among them), which found nothing and required a write-down in the quarter, surely a factor in the price drop of the stock.

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