NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico has received $25 million from the federal government to help remedy abandoned gas and oil wells scattered around the state. The money is a result of recently ...

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Orphaned wells are also an issue for countries around the world. According to experts, there are more than 1,700 documented orphaned wells in New Mexico alone and over 125,000 across the US.

New Mexico is eligible to receive $25 million from Biden’s $660 million round of grant funding to clean up abandoned gas wells, according to U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján.

FILE - Pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M., on April 24, 2015. Land managers in one of the top oil and gas producing states in the U.S. have plugged more than 200 inactive wells on state ...

On Thursday, June 1, 2023, A bill to ban oil and gas production within a mile (1.6 kilometers) of schools and daycare centers across New Mexico is among the first published proposals as the state ...

New Mexico got $25 million to plug 200 of its orphaned wells and was being considered for pre-plugging or post-plugging activities as part of the National Park Service inventory for the latest ...

NMOGA reported the oil and gas industry plugged 451 wells in New Mexico in 2022, while the State plugged 49 wells using $3.4 million from the Reclamation Fund. “This bill does not reduce or increase ...

The OCD estimated New Mexico had about 1,700 orphaned wells throughout the state, and with previous federal dollars, is able to plug and remediate about 200 a year.