http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-of-u-s-oil-methane-gas-is-leaking-everywhere
Nothing like killing a romantic bath with an explosion.“We had so much methane in our water, the inspector told us not to smoke a cigar or light a candle in the bath,” said Joe Thomas, a machinist who lives with his wife, Cheryl, on a 40-acre farm with at least 60 abandoned wells. Patches of emerald-hued oil leech to the surface, transforming the ground into a soupy mess.