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Thursday, July 8, 2010

BP Connected to Wild Horse Round-ups?

Weren't You Waiting for Part 2 of George Knapp's Report?

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I-Team: BP Connected to Wild Horse Roundups?

LAS VEGAS -- The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has put a laser focus on BP and their operations all over the planet. Turns out, the oil giant has left a trail of toxic waste in Nevada. But is there also a BP link to wild horse roundups?

Federal agencies, including the Bureau of Land Management, the Minerals Management Service, and Fish and Wildlife have been accused of looking the other way as BP skirted environmental rules and safety standards in the gulf and elsewhere.

For a long time, critics of the Department of the Interior have alleged that oil and gas companies, and other industries, are allowed to run roughshod over public lands, plundering what should be public resources. So, would it be a surprise if it happened here?

The BLM's Calico Hills roundup last winter proved to be the bloodiest mustang operation in memory. The government captured.....

Be sure to check out the below segment that aired last night, as well.

Las Vegas Now:  I-Team: Black Gold in the Silver State?

Drills in Elko County are usually searching for gold. The one in the hills above Diamond Valley is a sign that the search for black gold in the Silver State is finally getting serious. Fasken Oil, a small Texas company, will probably make a $5 million roll of the dice on this operation. It costs about $20,000 a day just for the leased drilling rig.

The company has good reason to believe the gamble is worth it. Just down the road in neighboring Eureka County, two older, oil stained wells are still producing in a field just off the highway. The same rig is bound for Lincoln County, where Cabot Oil will plunge into what it hopes will be a massive gusher.

After that, the rig will go to the White River Valley, where a wildcatter with 50 years in the oil business thinks...

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