You still have no verifiable credibility. And neither of us will or can ever establish that within these confines. Let's just end it here with one morsel of truth.
I'm a 38 year veteran as an independent producer with as many years of experience in management/marketing/public relations who has served on the executive committee of the IPAA. I help set policy. Policy that rules over your god-forsaken ass.
The only things that rule over me now are my hobbies. Perhaps you should get out of the office and into the field where you can find out what is really going on. The oil field is more than paperwork and government subsides. I guess you haven't figured that out yet.
That reminds me of a story... I was standing inside a 210 busting out the concrete bottom with an aluminum shovel. This guy I'd never seen before asked me "how did you manage to get this shit job"? I looked at him and said "I own the company". His eyes got big as saucers.
I paid my dues, **** you very much.
I've spent years in the "field". And I learned a shitload more than I have sitting behind a desk for 38 years. But what I wanted to prove to my hands was that I was willing and able to clean out tanks, lay flow lines, pull wells. I busted my ribs humping the shit. I pulled strippers in 90/90 heat and humidity and in sub zero temps.
I'm the real deal here, you're a ******* poser.
I'm a goddamn undercover boss.