by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Jan 20, 2025 | A FEATURED STORY, Air Quality, Drilling & Leasing, Financial Assurance, ISSUES, Legislative, News (Public Access), Royalties, Rules & Regulations, Setbacks, Taxes, Water (General)
Santa Fe New Mexican (Jan. 19, 2025) SANTA FE — New Mexico lawmakers will embark on a 60-day legislative session Tuesday featuring a packed agenda, a mountain of new revenue and lots of new faces. The session will begin at noon at the Roundhouse and lawmakers were...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Dec 23, 2024 | A FEATURED STORY, Drilling & Leasing, Industry Benefits, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
The Center Square (Dec. 23, 2024) – The United States is about to witness a complete energy reversal. If the selection of his new Energy secretary is any indication, President-elect Donald Trump is making good on his campaign promises to “drill, baby, drill.”...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Dec 12, 2024 | A FEATURED STORY, Drilling & Leasing, Industry Benefits, ISSUES, Legislative, News (Public Access)
The state’s increased spending has come as revenue collections have exploded to record-high levels.Revised estimates released this week predicted legislators will have $892.3 million in “new” money available next year — a figure that represents the difference...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Dec 8, 2024 | A FEATURED STORY, Drilling & Leasing, Elections, Industry Benefits, Infrastructure, ISSUES, Legislative, Methane, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations, Taxes
IPAA (Dec. 8, 2024) – IPAA’s priorities include equitable tax policies for energy businesses, sensible environmental regulations, reform of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)/permitting reform, access to federal lands and waters, reforms to the...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Dec 5, 2024 | A FEATURED STORY, Drilling & Leasing, Industry Benefits, ISSUES, News (Public Access)
EIA (Dec. 4, 2024) – As of 2024, the United States is still the single largest crude oil producer in the world, a position it has held since 2018. However, the U.S. is not a monolithic entity, and the amount of oil that a given area can produce is limited by how...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Nov 14, 2024 | A FEATURED STORY, Drilling & Leasing, Elections, Industry Benefits, Infrastructure, ISSUES, Legislative, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
E&E News via Politico/Greenwire (April 24, 2024, Posted to IPANM Website on November 14, 2024) – A Trump administration Interior Department 2.0 — if it happens — could well turn out to be a reboot of the original. Particularly at the department’s upper...