More government land in New Mexico available for oil and gas operators

Day 17: New Mexico Plains (Artesia, NM to Seminole, TX. 107 miles)

 

The Bureau of Land Management is putting up more government land available to be leased for oil and gas exploration in the southeast part of New Mexico—prime land that is part of the Permian Basin.

The agency is seeking public comment on its November lease sale that includes 434 acres in Eddy and Lea counties and 162 aces in Pittsburg and Wood Counties reported the Carlsbad Current-Argus.

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