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Posted: 5:55 AM May 26, 2008
Landowners Getting Trampled In Gas Rights Rush
Charleston, W.Va. (AP) -- Natural gas companies and speculators around the country are trying to lock up long-ignored drilling rights quickly and cheaply, and some property owners are getting trampled. Reporter: The Associated Press |
A natural gas drilling site sits against the mountains near the small northwest Colorado community of Meeker in this photograph taken on Friday, Oct. 26, 2007. A new report predicts that northwest Colorado's population could double to about 417,000 over the next 30 years because of the energy boom and the number of gas wells could soar to more than 50,000. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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