No telling. I expected more positive speculation much earlier. It looks as though it could be up until announcement of drilling results rather than spudding the well when we see significant short covering. More hedging than exposed shorts I suppose.
Possible outcomes:
-Short interest stays flat or increases slightly all the way to positive drilling results in which case we will see the mother of all short squeezes.
-Short interest declines over the next 6-10 weeks as price steadily increases into drilling announcement.
-Short interest stays flat or increases slightly all the way to negative drilling results in which case we will see price collapse under short pressure.
All we can do is monitor the data and be patient.
Up to Aug 15th:
[This message has been edited by thirdcoast (edited 8/26/2011 1:01p).]