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Along New Mexico's southeastern border sits the Permian Basin, a shale play rich in oil and natural gas. There's nothing particularly distinct about New Mexico's approach to fracking —the ...
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. ... to prevent dangerous ...
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.
March 28, 2012 – An explosion at a natural gas compression station in Susquehanna County. [137] May 19, 2012 – Leroy Twp., Contamination from leaking gas well, [138] May 15, 2013 – A fire and possible explosion, at a Susquehanna County gas compressor station. [139] January 11, 2014 – Susquehanna County, Explosion, 1 injured [140]
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.
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New Mexico environmental officials have proposed a new regulatory framework for reusing wastewater with a focus on the used, salty byproducts of oil and natural gas drilling in a major U.S ...