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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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On the Navajo Nation, the List of Mystery Wells Continues to Grow

A woman stands near a metal gate structure in a grassy area, with a white pickup truck parked on a dirt road in the background under a cloudy sky.

Old oil wells on the reservation spew chemical-laden water. The feds have done little to honor treaty obligations to clean them up. By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main This story was originally published at Capital & Main, a NMPBS partner. On a warm evening in early June, Loretta Johnson pointed her white Chevy Silverado with…

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