A bill that would have raised the state’s gasoline tax from ¢.17 per gallon to ¢.47 per gallon was tabled in the House Appropriations and Finance Committee Monday evening with…
In the driest part of the state where oil is plentiful but water is scarce, oil and gas producers continue to seek methods for recycling water used in energy production. …
Democratic state Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez of Albuquerque has pre-filed a legislative proposal for a temporary ban on the issuance of hydraulic fracking permits until 2024. She is proposing the…
Earlier this year Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the Produced Water Act (HB546) into law, allowing for water used in oil and gas production to be recycled for further use.…
With oil production nearing 900,000 barrels per day, New Mexico is set to blow past the 300 million barrel mark by the end of the year. That’s almost double the…
Wyoming-based startup, Encore Green Environmental, is pursuing an ambitious pilot project aimed at cleaning up and re-using waste water from the booming oil and gas operations of southeastern New Mexico. The…
According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Lea County was the No. 2 oil-producing county, just behind North Dakota's McKenzie County, while Eddy County was ranked 6th.HOBBS, N.M.…
The New Mexican oil and gas industry continues to do great work for our state. In spite of increased levels of natural gas consumption nationwide, the U.S. greenhouse gas emissions have fallen to their lowest levels since 1992. New Mexico's oil and gas industry is making incredible progress in reducing methane emissions as production surges in our own portion of the Permian Basin - the world's top producing oilfield and some of the highest natural gas production in the country.