Oil and Gas Are Back and Booming

Benoît Morenne and Jon Hilsenrath, The Wall Street Journal | January 10th, 2023Chesapeake Energy Corp. was one of the biggest stars of the fracking boom, riding high for years on its ability to tap vast troves of American natural gas.
Despite emissions concerns, Texas GOP applauds EPA backing off Permian Basin regulation effort

Antoinette Odom, Spectrum News | January 7th, 2023TEXAS — Texas officials are celebrating a win in what they called an “attack on Permian Basin.” The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided against its plans for a non-attainment designation of portions of the Permian Basin.
Biden administration defers plan to tackle smog from oil drillers in Permian Basin

Oil & Gas 360 | January 6th, 2023The Biden administration is deferring a plan to crack down on smog in the drilling hotbed of the Permian Basin, handing a win to oil producers along with their allies in Texas and New Mexico.
EIA: U.S. natural gas reserves set record

BT Staff, Bulk Transporter | January 6th, 2023Higher prices for crude oil and natural gas in 2021 contributed to higher proved reserve estimates, including a 16% increase in oil reserves
2023 Teacher Of The Year Initiation Ceremony Jan. 13

Carol A. Clark, Los Alamos Daily Post | January 6th, 2023SANTA FE — The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) announces that Tara Hughes, New Mexico’s Teacher of the Year, will be honored at 3:30-5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13 in Rotunda Hall of the New Mexico State Capitol at 490 Old Santa Fe Trail.
Biden Hands Rare Win to Permian Drillers With Pause on Smog Rule

Jennifer A Dlouhy, Bloomberg | January 5th, 2023The Biden administration is deferring a plan to crack down on smog in the drilling hotbed of the Permian Basin, handing a win to oil producers along with their allies in Texas and New Mexico.