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New Mexico’s Billion-Dollar Oilfield Orphans

A person stands atop a large mound of earth, surrounded by trenches and rocky soil under a cloudy sky; orange safety netting is visible in the background.

A recent report says abandoned oil infrastructure could cost the state up to $1.6 billion in coming years. This is how. by Jerry Redfern, Capital and Main This story was originally published at Capital and Main, a NMPBS partner. Dave Fosdeck crested a dirt berm on the Hogback, a ridge of hills west of Farmington,…

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Oil and Gas Forecast for New Mexico’s San Juan Basin: Going, Going …

Silhouette of a worker with a hard hat talking on a phone in front of oil pump jacks during sunset.

An updated Bureau of Land Management report offers a mixed outlook for oil and gas production in the state’s second largest drilling basin. by Jerry Redfern, Capital and Main This story was originally published at Capital and Main, a NMPBS partner. A recent report on oil and gas production in the San Juan Basin in…

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