This Gold article explains airplane crashes.
Anyway, went to his main page there, snagged this quote: "Drilling into crystalline bedrock is now underway in Russia on a large scale. More than 300 wells have been drilled to a depth of more than 5 km and are productive, as also is the giant White Tiger field offshore Vietnam, mostly producing also from basement rock. "
Could be one reason that putin is ready to take on the saudis, maybe they proved this guys theory to their own satisfaction and are running with it.