DPTR shares were boosted last week after the Company announced a deal to
sell a stake of its Vega Area assets in western Colorado's Piceance Basin -
known to be home to some of the country's largest oil shale deposits. The
Company agreed to sell its 37.5% interest in its Vega Area assets to Opon
International for $400 million, which is 4% higher than its total market
capitalization of $385 million at market close on the prior day. The Company
had said late last year that it was looking at strate
