by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Jan 27, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, Federal Issues, Hydraulic Fracturing, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
(IPANM & Platts) Jan. 27, 2021 – President Joe Biden implemented a moratorium on new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters through an executive order on Jan. 27 that is expected to have a longer-term impact on US production. The moratorium...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Jan 27, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, Hydraulic Fracturing, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
IPANM (Jan. 27, 2021) – – The following statement has been released by Jim Winchester, Executive Director of the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico: The Biden administration continues to attack the hardworking oil & gas producers, drillers...
by Kacy Brown, IPANM Operations Director | Jan 24, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, Hydraulic Fracturing, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
Forbes (January 24, 2021) – Officials in the state of New Mexico professed to be taken aback last week by President Joe Biden’s day-one decision to impose a 60-day moratorium on all oil and gas-related leasing and permitting actions on federal lands. It is a...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Jan 22, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, ISSUES, Legal Matters, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
IPANM (Jan. 21, 2021) – On the second day of the Biden administration, the Interior Department has issued a temporary order that takes leasing & permitting decisions away from local BLM offices across the country. The move effectively halts all leasing and...
by Kacy Brown, IPANM Operations Director | Jan 9, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Federal Issues, ISSUES, Methane, News (Public Access), Northwest Region, Rules & Regulations, Southeast Region, State Issues
The Center Square (January 8, 2021) – Tougher restrictions on oil and gas development on federal lands in New Mexico potentially stand in the way of the state’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, an industry group warns. Jim Winchester,...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Dec 10, 2020 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
Courtesy Innovex Downhole Solutions & Alex Epstein (Dec. 9, 2020) – A letter written by Innovex Downhole Solutions CEO Adam Anderson to the CEO of The North Face perfectly summarizes how corporate sanctimony fails to consider the moral case for the oil &...
