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More: Oil and gas fees could be raised to pay for better air pollution oversight in New Mexico “The oil and natural gas industry and the BLM share the goal of reducing waste of natural gas ...
Environmental Protection Agency illustration of the water cycle of hydraulic fracturing. Fracking in the United States began in 1949. [1] According to the Department of Energy (DOE), by 2013 at least two million oil and gas wells in the US had been hydraulically fractured, and that of new wells being drilled, up to 95% are hydraulically fractured.
Environmental impact of fracking in the United States has been an issue of public concern, and includes the contamination of ground and surface water, methane emissions, [1] air pollution, migration of gases and fracking chemicals and radionuclides to the surface, the potential mishandling of solid waste, drill cuttings, increased seismicity and associated effects on human and ecosystem health.
A 16-part assessment of methane leakage from natural gas production initiated by the Environmental Defense Fund [39] found that fugitive emissions in key stages of the natural gas production process are significantly higher than estimates in the EPA's national emission inventory, with a leakage rate of 2.3 percent of overall natural gas output ...
Here’s the latest on New Mexico’s work to reuse oil and gas wastewater. More: Heinrich, ... State law called for rules to use oil and gas wastewater outside of drilling.
The New Mexico Environment Department announced a $40.3 million penalty against Austin, Texas-based Ameredev, alleging the burning caused excessive emissions in 2019 and 2020 at five facilities in ...
A sale of New Mexico public land for oil and gas drilling brought in about $22 million, mostly from the booming Permian Basin region in the southeast corner of the state.
June 28 – A natural gas explosion demolished a house, killed five persons, and critically injured one person in Portales, New Mexico; the critically injured person died later at a burn treatment center. The gas service line to the house had been damaged 37 days earlier when a contractor's backhoe pulled up the line during conduit excavation ...