https://robertscribbler.com/2015/02/24/arctic-methane-monster-shows-growing-eruption-number-of-global-warming-induced-craters-now-estimated-at-20-30/

goog:  methane crater

I'd die laughing if Pt.Thomsen burped and swallowed Fort Exxon...
...greed ruined Alaska.

Since 1950 gas has been a superior petrochemical feedstock compared to crude.
Crude is similar to coal, and in some ways it's worse to deal with.
Crude & coal are lacking enough hydrogen to make them truly worthwhile as petrochemical feedstock.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/11/atmospheric-levels-of-methane-a-powerful-greenhouse-gas-are-spiking-scientists-report/

BigOil fraudulently pushes the deception that oil is Black Gold, it's just an intermediate species of hydrocarbon. Wasting our precious hydrogen rich gas to produce CRUDE is like cutting down the orchard to make apple-cider. CRUDE & COAL is the Mother of the gas.

Idiots dominate the global economy & politics.