NEW MEXICO
March 1st, 2004
BY PHILIP FINE
NATIVE Americans, cattle ranchers and environmentalists are trying to limit oil and natural gas drilling in New Mexico's San Juan Basin, taking the US government to a Washington DC federal district court. BP, El Paso and Burlington hope to increase production after federal officials recently said they would permit nearly the sinking of 10,000 new wells over the next two decades.
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NATIVE Americans, cattle ranchers and environmentalists are trying to limit oil and natural gas drilling in New Mexico's San Juan Basin, taking the US government to a Washington DC federal district court. BP, El Paso and Burlington hope to increase production after federal officials recently said they would permit nearly the sinking of 10,000 new wells over the next two decades.
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