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Permian Basin (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by bloomgal
Posted inNM Legislature

Snow melts, drought builds and New Mexico legislators spike new oil regulations

By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main Between the start of the year and March 7, oil and gas producers reported more than 7,125 spills across New Mexico — about 111 a day on average. Those spills include oil, produced water, other chemicals and natural gas, the last constituting the overwhelming majority of cases.  In fact, companies […]