No point being made, just the coincidence of Colorado shale oil extraction and Wyatt’s character in Atlas Shrugged........................
maybe so but this article that talks up BP’s work also points to the difficulties of getting natural gas out of the Mancos. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-07/little-known-new-mexico-shale-play-gives-bp-big-time-results
So transport & distance from market is a real life issue as well.
As it happens there is a new natural gas pipeline from the Mancos shale that was supposed to go out to Oregon. I believe that the pipeline is currently on hold as Oregon has stopped the terminal there.
http://www.mailtribune.com/news/20161209/ferc-upholds-denial-of-pipeline-through-oregon