In the US oil/gas world, the Energy Information Adminstration, a part of the Department of Energy, is the best source of data. Almost all private analysis for a general area is based upon their data and has been for decades.
.......I appreciate your substantially valid comment.
However, I think millions of Americans and many, if not most, Freepers believe that ANY data coming out of the federal government right now is, at a minimum, suspect.
Back when the federal government had a few top echelon folks with a modicum of character, I would have been completely on your side on this issue.
Right now, the federal government is all out against Fracking and I personally believe these numbers were derived from “cooking the books” in order to make the larger point that “oh, the US doesn’t have all that much fossil fuel, get off it, and let’s stick to Solar and Wind”!