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Tag: New Mexico Oil Conservation Division (NMOCD)

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Orphaned O&G Well Count Climbing

by Gwynne Ann Unruh September 8, 2022September 8, 2022

There were 741 orphaned wells in the Land of Enchantment prior to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that Congress passed last year. Once the law was enacted, New Mexico checked our abandoned and orphaned wells list twice like Santa Claus. The state suddenly found 1,000 more orphaned wells in need of plugging. After this […]

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