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Adrian Hedden, Carlsbad Current-Argus l December 18, 2020

As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office in January, environmental groups sought to hold the Biden administration accountable for campaign promises to ban new oil and gas leases on federal land and potentially end the practice of hydraulic fracturing or fracking.

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, December 17, 2020 –New Mexico Oil & Gas Association (NMOGA) President Ryan Flynn released the following statement today in response to President-elect Biden’s nomination of United States Representative Deb Haaland for Secretary of the Department of the Interior:

William Allison, Energy In Depth l December 16, 2020

A fracking ban on federal lands like the one advocated by the Biden presidential campaign would severely harm the economies of eight western states, according to a new study by the Wyoming Energy Authority.

News Release, American Petroleum Institute | December 16, 2020

WASHINGTON, December 16, 2020 – The Environmental Partnership today announced the launch of its latest performance program, which is focused on reducing flaring in upstream operations. The flare management program expands on Environmental Partnership’s core mission — which recently added midstream operations and represents over 70 percent of total onshore U.S. oil and natural gas production — to share information on best practices, advance new and proven technologies, foster collaboration to reduce emissions and collect data to inform efforts to minimize flaring.

NMOGA Press Release | December 15, 2020

A ban on oil and natural gas development on public lands by President-elect Joe Biden would severely harm the economies of eight western states, according to a Wyoming Energy Authority study conducted by University of Wyoming Professor Tim Considine.

Paul Takahashi, Houston Chronicle | December 8, 2020

The oil-field services sector added 2,665 jobs in November, the third-straight month of gains, in a sign that drilling and production activity is rising again.