New Mexico reconsiders permission for more natural gas wells [View all]
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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