by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Mar 8, 2024 | A FEATURED STORY, Administrative Authority, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, ISSUES, Legal Matters, Legislative, News (Public Access), Royalties
IPANM (Mar. 7, 2024) – The New Mexico State Land Office has abruptly notified the oil & gas industry that all future state premium tract lease offerings will be suspended indefinitely until a 25% royalty increase is approved by the state legislature. The...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Mar 7, 2024 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, ISSUES, Legislative, News (Public Access)
IPANM (Mar. 6, 2024) | PDF – The following statement has been released by Jim Winchester, Executive Director of the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico regarding Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s line-item veto of the bipartisan Stripper Well Tax...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Feb 29, 2024 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, Elections, Industry Benefits, News (Public Access)
The Henderson News (Feb. 29, 2024) – Twenty years ago the United States imported more than half of the oil we consumed each day. Today, primarily through innovative technology developed by the American oil and natural gas industry, the U.S. exports more oil than...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Feb 17, 2024 | A FEATURED STORY, Administrative Authority, Anti-Industry Politics, Financial Assurance, ISSUES, Methane, News (Public Access), Setbacks
Call it a tale of two energy bills. A bill that would have made the most significant changes in decades to the New Mexico Oil and Gas Act died on the House floor without a vote, even though Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham backed it. But a bill that will create a clean...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Feb 9, 2024 | A FEATURED STORY, Air Quality, Anti-Industry Politics, ISSUES, Methane, News (Public Access)
IPANM (February 9, 2024) – Today, IPANM joined 26 state and federal oil & gas trade associations in expressing major concerns regarding the impacts of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new methane emissions regulations (Subparts OOOOb and OOOOc)...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Jan 26, 2024 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
EnergyNow.com (January 26, 2024) – The Biden administration on Friday halted the approval of new licenses to export US liquefied natural gas while it scrutinizes how the shipments affect climate change, the economy and national security — a moratorium likely to...