Oil Wildcatters a Wild Bunch in Oil-Poor Nevada

Oil Wildcatters a Wild Bunch in Oil-Poor Nevada

By Bloomberg

The federal government is granting leases that allow oil drilling on huge amounts of federal land in the state of Nevada. This is despite a fossil fuel market with highly depressed prices—and despite scant evidence that any oil actually exists below the Silver State.

On this episode of Parts Per Billion, we talk with Bloomberg Law's Bobby Magill about the colorful bunch of so-called "wildcatters" who are not only willing but eager to search for oil in Nevada's vast public lands.

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