New Mexico reconsiders permission for more natural gas wells

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

By MORGAN LEE
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico oilfield regulators announced Friday that they may revisit a decision to ease restrictions on natural gas well locations for a Texas-based company operating in the northwest corner of the state.

The announcement came as state oversight of wells shifts to the Democratic administration of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.

The state’s Oil Conservation Commission scheduled a public meeting next week regarding the approved application from Hilcorp Energy to increase potential well density in the San Juan Basin area from four wells to eight per 320-acre tract, or about half a square mile (1.2 square kilometers).

Environmentalists estimate the density decision could concentrate patterns of oil well development across hundreds of square miles (square kilometers) of territory.

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[SunSeeker]

1. Good. nt

[marble falls]

2. And at a time when they're flairing off a third of the gas they're bringing in here in Texas? Good.

[Gumboot]

3. NM is a fracking apocalypse already.

Look at this map of eastern NM: https://goo.gl/maps/xwitre8mvDD2

Notice the pivot irrigation systems right next to the fracking wells. All that poisoned underground water is being pumped up to irrigate the crops, that then end up in our local supermarkets.

Hoping the new wave of Dem pols will put a stop to this madness ASAP.