In this multimedia case, Scott Oldale, Vice President Exploration for New Star Energy in Calgary, Canada has an issue to resolved. Specifically he and his colleagues are dealing with determing the optimal timing of the sale of the corporation. New Star is a two year old, private entity sponsored company with a business plan to be sold within a two to five year period. Based on certain factors in the operating environment, they are investigating whether this is the optimal time to sell the company. Visit casenet.ca for more free, open access decision focused video teaching cases from Acadia University.