Yes. This really did happen.
On Feb 11 in Dunkard PA, a Chevron owned natural gas well went boom, killed a couple a couple of workers, and was on fire until earlier today. As a PR gesture, Chevron sent out an apology letter, while the well was still spewing out flames, that stated:
Dear Neighbor,
We are sorry to have missed you. We wanted to provide you with a status update on the February 11 incident that occurred on Chevron’s Appalachia’s Lanoce 7 H well pads in Dunkard Township and see if you had any questions or concerns that we could address.
Chevron recognizes the effect this has had on the community. We value being a responsible member of this community and will continue to strive to achieve incident-free operations. We are committed to taking action to safeguard our neighbors, our employees, our contractors and the environment…
Inserted into the letter was a gift certificate to a local pizza shop. Residents got 1 pizza and 1 two liter bottle of soda from Chevron's Public Outreach Committee. Just the cost of doing business...
2:20 PM PT: Will Bunch of the Philly Daily News called and confirmed that Chevron paid for 100 of these....http://www.philly.com/...