Dave Fosdeck crested a dirt berm on the Hogback, a ridge of hills west of Farmington, New Mexico, when the scent hit him. “Whoa! It stinks!” he yelped. It was June, and he was there with two others to ...

HOBBS, N.M. (Reuters) - New Mexico oil man Johnny Vega laid out his predicament as his crew hoisted pipes from a well during the biggest oil boom in U.S. history. The son of a Mexican guestworker, ...

A drilling rig operates near a pump jack in Eddy County. Provided by New Mexico Oil and Gas Association Missi Currier When it comes to environmental responsibility, New Mexico’s oil and gas industry ...

Efforts are starting to develop the Polok and Chinwol oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico, located 88 km from Mexico's coast. Houston-based contractor McDermott International Ltd. has been awarded a ...

Beginning Monday, the New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission will stage a rulemaking hearing to consider proposals by radical environmental groups to impose significant new costs on industry. These ...

Mexican businessman Carlos Slim, the country's richest man, has expanded his involvement in the Mexican hydrocarbons sector through a new drilling agreement with state-owned oil company Petróleos ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. In a state flush with oil and gas revenues, state officials and lawmakers butted heads Thursday over why the ...

After oil companies go bust, the state is left paying to clean up abandoned wells, tanks, machinery and sludge pits. Dave Fosdeck crested a dirt berm on the Hogback, a ridge of hills west of ...

When it comes to environmental responsibility, New Mexico’s oil and gas industry is not just stepping up—we’re leading the way. In recent years, oil and gas operators plugged over 90% of the wells ...