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IPANM is not afraid to take strong stances on many current issues threatening our industry. We have to! Seemingly minor changes to regulations or rules can have a major impact on the financial solvency of our small oil & gas producers. While we will never compromise on our duties to protect human health, fresh water and the environment in our daily activities, we will fight unnecessary government overreach when new regulatory proposals are not based on sound science and do little to protect the environment.

Below, we’ve identified serious issues facing our producers. Please click on the corresponding button to learn more about each issue and IPANM’s stance on the issue. (Note: Some of this content may be restricted for members only. To access this exclusive content, please join our association!)

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Many Concerns Over Chaco's 10-Mile Buffer Order
Farmington Daily Times (June 12, 2023) FARMINGTON — A June 2 decision by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to
Proposed BLM Public Lands Rule Will Have Outsized Impact In New Mexico
ABQJournal (June 10, 2023) - A proposed rule under consideration by the Bureau of Land Management could help shape the
State Revenues Already Tracking for Huge Surplus Due to Oil & Gas
Santa Fe New Mexican (June 9, 2023) - Thanks in large part to a booming oil and gas industry, New
AUDIO STREAM: IPANM Discusses Setback Declarations on KKOB Radio
"Bufferzones Are Arbitrary" IPANM Executive Director Jim Winchester joined KKOB Radio Morning Host Scott Clark on Monday to discuss IPANM's position on
ABQJournal: Is Oil Leasing Ban Near Schools Really Warranted?
Based on what we know, it’s tough to tell if the executive order issued last week by Land Commissioner Stephanie
IPANM Issues Statement on Chaco Canyon 10-Mile Buffer Declaration
IPANM (June 2, 2023) - The following statement has been released by Jim Winchester, Executive Director of the Independent Petroleum
IPANM: SLO School Setback Moratorium Is Arbitrary
IPANM Releases Statement on SLO Leasing Moratorium Near Schools  IPANM (June 1, 2023) - The following statement has been released
Coalition of Trades (including IPANM) Stop Anti-Fossil Fuel NHTSA Nominee
IPANM was part of a coalition of state and federal trade associations was successful in stopping the confirmation of Ann
American Oil & Gas Reporter Profiles IPANM
American Oil & Gas Reporter (May 24, 2023) -- IPANM Executive Director Jim Winchester and Board President Alex Campbell of
IPAA Chairman— Whatever Biden Says, He Means ‘No New Drilling’
Hart Energy (May 25, 2023)  .. The U.S. oil and gas industry is fighting a Biden administration intent on eviscerating
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Farmington Daily Times (June 12, 2023) FARMINGTON — A June 2 decision by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to withdraw public lands within a 10-mile radius of Chaco Culture National Historic Park from new oil and gas leasing and mining claims for 20 years has drawn both positive and negative reactions from various groups affected by the order.

The order applies only to public lands and the federal mineral estate, not to minerals owned by private, state or tribal entities, according to a news release announcing the order. Nor does the order apply to existing leases, meaning additional wells could continue to be drilled on those leases, and Navajo Nation allotees can continue to lease their minerals.

The order makes good on a pledge by President Joe Biden to protect the greater Chaco area during a November 2021 White House Tribal Nations Summit.

Jim Winchester, executive director of the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico, characterized the 10-mile buffer zone “arbitrary” and said the order was “discompassionate” to the Native allottees it will affect. He claimed they will lose out on an estimated $194 million in potential royalties, according to figures cited by the Western Energy Alliance, and described the move as a capitulation to environmental groups that want to ban oil and gas drilling.

Winchester also said his organization has supported the Navajo Nation’s proposed five-mile buffer around the park and described Haaland’s order as highly unethical, claiming she has a conflict of interest because of her daughter’s political activism.

Farmington Daily Times:  Criticism, Praise Directed At Chaco 10-Mile Buffer Order

 

ABQJournal (June 10, 2023) – A proposed rule under consideration by the Bureau of Land Management could help shape the future of Otero Mesa, the greater Chaco Canyon area and 13 million acres overseen by the federal agency in New Mexico.

And time is running out for the public to weigh in.

The agency is accepting public comment on the proposed public lands rule through June 20 — with a final decision expected in March next year.

The Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico called the rule a “highly flawed proposal” that should be withdrawn.  “By elevating conservation above all other uses,” Jim Winchester, the group’s executive director, said Thursday, “the BLM violates its own statutory requirements to balance multiple uses of public lands.”

Proposed BLM Public Lands Rule Will Have Outsized Impact In New Mexico

 

 

Santa Fe New Mexican (June 9, 2023) – Thanks in large part to a booming oil and gas industry, New Mexico’s unprecedented revenue windfall is exceeding expectations by more than a half-billion dollars.

Revenues for fiscal year 2023, which ends June 30, are tracking about $581 million above December estimates, according to a presentation to lawmakers Thursday.

“Interestingly enough, a recent survey from the Tax Policy Center came out and showed that New Mexico was estimating the largest revenue growth in the country at about 15%, and the next-largest estimate was half of that,” Ismael Torres, the Legislative Finance Committee’s chief economist, told legislators on the interim Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Committee.

State Revenues Tracking Higher

 

Based on what we know, it’s tough to tell if the executive order issued last week by Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard banning new oil and gas leases on state trust land within a mile of schools is an environmental safeguard of substance, or a solution in search of a problem.

Garcia Richard said her June 1 order demonstrates a “commitment to the students of New Mexico today — that their health, their access to clean air and water is a right that we should be protecting with our policies.”

We certainly agree protecting the health of children is a paramount priority. But…..

ABQJournal: Is Oil Leasing Ban Near Schools Really Warranted?

 

 

IPANM (June 2, 2023) – The following statement has been released by Jim Winchester, Executive Director of the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico regarding the Department of Interior’s decision to enforce a 10-mile buffer zone drilling moratorium around Chaco Canyon:

“The arbitrary 10-mile boundary imposed around Chaco Canyon announced today is discompassionate to generations of Navajo Allottees — many living in poverty — who will now lose out an estimated $194 million in potential royalties; is indifferent to the pleas of the Navajo Nation against a blatant government taking; is complete capitulation to pressure from outside environmental groups who simply want to outright ban all oil & gas drilling; and, is highly unethical due to Secretary Deb Haaland’s own family conflict of interest due to her daughter’s local political activism.

IPANM has long supported responsible oil & gas development around culturally sensitive sites, including support for a 5-mile buffer around Chaco Canyon which offers a natural geologic barrier of environmental protection, recognizes the culturally sacred nature of the site, and safeguards historic structures against potential physical damage.”

–Jim Winchester
Executive Director, Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico

IPANM:  Arbitrary 10-Mile Chaco Buffer Arbitrary & Discompassionate

Western Energy Alliance:  Despite Conflict of Interest, Interior Secretary Issues Legally Vulnerable Chaco Decision

Power The Future:  Haaland Order The Latest Hit in Biden War on Energy

 

IPANM Releases Statement on SLO Leasing Moratorium Near Schools 

IPANM (June 1, 2023) – The following statement has been released by Jim Winchester, Executive Director of the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico regarding the State Land Commissioner’s announcement related to leasing moratoriums on certain state lands:

“IPANM agrees that safe and reasonable setbacks are necessary between certain production sites and schools, however, we have concerns that the distance to be enforced under the State Land Office’s assumed discretionary authority is arbitrary and isn’t based on any definitive evidence of health impacts.  While it would have been appropriate for the State Land Commissioner to consult with industry before issuing this order carte blanche, we will work with her office on a case-by-case basis if there are particular tracts of land that might otherwise be safely and responsibly developed to provide critical revenues to improve New Mexico’s schools.”

–Jim Winchester
Executive Director, IPANM

 

 

 

IPANM was part of a coalition of state and federal trade associations was successful in stopping the confirmation of Ann Carlson as head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The Senate Commerce Committee indicates that the coalition played a key role in achieving the withdrawal of a nominee who intended to use her position to try to bring about the demise of the internal combustion engine and by extension, our industry.

Read the Coalition’s Letter Calling for the Withdrawal of Ann Carlson.

NY Post: Biden Withdraws Ann Carlson As Nominee for top NHTSA position.

 

American Oil & Gas Reporter (May 24, 2023) — IPANM Executive Director Jim Winchester and Board President Alex Campbell of Enduring Resources recently sat down with American Oil & Gas Reporter to discuss the industry in New Mexico.  Both discussed New Mexico’s regulatory climate, 2023 New Mexico Legislative Session, and IPANM’s upcoming Annual Meeting.

The 2023 Session demonstrated that moderate Democrats know oil and gas fuel the state’s economy and way of life.  Despite pressure from an increasingly progressive state legislature, moderate, fiscally conservative Democrats were unwilling to hurt an industry that provides about 40% of a state budget that in 2023 enjoys a $3.6 billion surplus. “They finally are recognizing our industry’s dramatic impact on the people of New Mexico,” Campbell says. “It benefits the citizens of New Mexico every day.”

As IPANM prepares for its 2023 Annual Meeting, scheduled for July 19-20 in Albuquerque, Executive Director Jim Winchester says the group finds itself immersed in regulatory and permitting matters. “IPANM is as focused as ever on those issues, because both state and federal authorities are throwing curveballs,” he reports. “We are working with regulators, trying to make the process more consistent and efficient.”

To read the full feature article, click below:

American Oil & Gas Reporter Profiles IPANM

 

Hart Energy (May 25, 2023)  .. The U.S. oil and gas industry is fighting a Biden administration intent on eviscerating production, the chairman of the IPAA told SUPER DUG attendees on May 22. “The Biden energy policy, frankly, is schizophrenic or maybe it’s bipolar in that…my Democratic lobbyist friends tell me that when Joe Biden speaks off-script, believe what he says. And when he says ‘no new drilling,’ that’s his heart speaking,” said Steve Pruett, leader of the industry group and president and CEO of Elevation Resources. And while Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is doing her best to speed up project permitting, “the reality is the Biden administration and his staff really want to see less oil and gas produced in the United States,” Pruett said. “And there’s no way that the renewable strategy or the ‘energy transition,’ as he calls it, can meet the needs of not only this nation, but of our strategic allies across the globe.”