You have yet to provide a source for any of your information.
Perhaps you could tell me what geological formation stretches contiguously from Texas to New York?
I did not claim to be an 'expert' on methane deposits in North America, but a petroleum geologist.
You want links to five years of formal geological education and thirty one years of experience in the oil industry?
LOL!
How do I give you a link to a Westburne Drilling Co. Rig in Montana in 1979? Or a Cardinal Rig in Nevada? Or an Adcor Rig in Colorado? Or a Nabors Rig in North Dakota? or any of the two hundred wellsites I have worked on over the decades?
To save time, just google the Geological Surveys of those states and more (add in Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, for starters), and don't forget the Appalachian states, either. At least some of the data will be there.
I reckon if your life can be put up in links on the internet, you haven't been out there much--but you claim to have done geological research, so I figured (since you are not a geologist) the research you did was at least partly on the web.
You are the one making assertions which don't have any evidence to back them. You tell me you did research, but won't provide your sources.
Getting snarky with me doesn't prove squat.
By the way they have started the testing of the well! No longer spewing oil from the top! They have closed that top hydraulic valve. Now spewing out of the side.
Sorry, I was in a snarky mood. I am not going to get into a pissing match with you. We will just watch to see what unfolds.