Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director

Slide in Oil Prices Puts Stress on New Mexico & Shale Producers

by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Mar 12, 2020 | A FEATURED STORY, News (Public Access)

ABQ Journal (March 11, 2020) – New Mexico’s oil boom could soon turn to bust after world prices for crude crashed on Monday. The price for U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate bottomed out at $31.13 per barrel when trading closed Monday afternoon, down nearly...

IPANM Submits Comments In Support of NEPA; State Opposes

by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Mar 11, 2020 | A FEATURED STORY, Federal Issues, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations

(IPANM) March 11, 2020 – Perhaps overshadowed by the news of the oil price drop and the Coronavirus, federal comments were due on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 regarding President Trump’s proposed updates to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). IPANM...

BLM looking to open 10-mile Chaco buffer to oil, gas development

by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Mar 2, 2020 | A FEATURED STORY, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Northwest Region, Setbacks, State Issues

Farmington Daily Times (March 2, 2020) – A plan for future development would open up lands within the current 10-mile Chaco Culture National Historical Park buffer zone to oil and gas leasing. The Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Indian Affairs released...