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HOUSTON, Texas - Sugarland, TX man and his neighbor are in police custody after the duo drilled an unauthorized gas well in the backyard of one of the men in search of a fuel source for their extraordinarily large backyard barbecues.
Delvin Finn, 57, and Tracey O’Shillelagh, 53, both of Sugar Walls Crescent have been charged with unlawful oil and gas exploration, damage to public property, and a number of charges laid by the Environmental Protection Agency. The Securities Exchange Commission also dropped the hammer on the men for concealing proven reserves.
At the time of their arrest, the 2 men were too intoxicated to understand the charges laid against them, and they are each currently being held on $250,000 bail. Although their wives could bail them out, they choose not to in an effort to teach them a lesson for their backyard hi-jinx. Sargent Milfson of the SPD explains:
According to eye witness accounts, Mr. Finn and Mr. O’Shillelagh were seen building a make-shift drilling rig in Mr. Finn?fs backyard. They were somehow able to drill into the ground and before they knew it, they hit an oil pool, caused a mess and we descended on the scene shortly thereafter. - Officer Derrick Milfson, Sugarland PD
Sources close to the charged told police that the 2 men had always complained about having to replace the 10lb. propane tanks in their 250,000 BTU barbecues, yet they were reluctant to tie them into a natural gas line because they knew that they could tie in their own gas for less cost. Employed in the oil and gas industry, the men believed that there was an unconventional gas play underneath Sugarland and they were going to use their own specialized software to help them exploit it.
Neighbors describe the rig as being constructed entirely out of materials that the pair acquired from The Home Depot. The 3/4" plywood Kelly floor sat atop a 4x4 treated frame tha
