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PERMIAN BASIN PERMITS SHOW CONTINUED DRILLING ACTIVITY
See which companies filed new drilling permits in the Permian Basin between May 15-22. Understand the impact on oil and gas extraction.
#PermianBasin, #DrillingPermits, #OilAndGas, #WestTexas, #EnergyNews
https://newsletter.tf/permian-basin-new-drilling-permits-may-15-22/
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New drilling permits were filed in the Permian Basin between May 15th and May 22nd. This shows companies are still interested in drilling for oil and gas.
#PermianBasin, #DrillingPermits, #OilAndGas, #WestTexas, #EnergyNews
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Water Is Quietly Becoming One of the Biggest Risks in Energy
A decade ago, China was widely expected to become a shale powerhouse. By some estimates, it holds more…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #CA #Canada #Chinashalegas #DataCenters #energyinvesting #energytransition #hydraulicfracturing #hydrogenproduction #nuclearpower #PermianBasin #Science #shaledevelopment #waterscarcity
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Water Is Quietly Becoming One of the Biggest Risks in Energy
A decade ago, China was widely expected to become a shale powerhouse. By some estimates, it holds more…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #Chinashalegas #datacenters #energyinvesting #energytransition #environment #hydraulicfracturing #hydrogenproduction #nuclearpower #PermianBasin #Science #shaledevelopment #UK #UnitedKingdom #WaterScarcity
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Forgotten Keepers of the #RioGrandeDelta
An industrial buildout on the southern tip of Texas is erasing the last traces of an ancient world that still hasn’t died.
by Dylan Baddour
May 13, 2024"This society has been trying to get rid of #Mancias’ people for 500 years. It couldn’t kill them all, so it’s destroying the evidence that they ever existed. That’s what Mancias sees as 100-ton bulldozers flatten the hills his #ancestors camped on, churn up their bones, and casually crush them into rubble, removing these last traces of their world.
" 'They almost annihilated us, and that #genocide continues,' Mancias said. 'To destroy the #environment you have to destroy the people who protect it.'
"He faces a formidable foe here at the last frontier for oil and gas on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Every other major inlet from the Mississippi River west through Port Arthur, Houston, Freeport, Lavaca Bay, and Corpus Christi is already ringed with #refineries, #ChemicalPlants, and terminals.
"But at the farthest tip of #Texas, the #RioGrande meets the Gulf between #WildlifeRefuges, a #StatePark, and a majestic #wilderness that still shelters endangered and little-known #wildlife.
"This is where Houston-based developer #NextDecade has begun constructing an $18 billion #MegaProject, which it called the 'largest greenfield energy project [financed] in U.S. history' when it announced in 2023 that it had secured investors to proceed.
"Named #RioGrandeLNG, the 750-acre facility will eventually pipe in up to 27 million tons per year of gas from #fracked wells in the #PermianBasin, supercool it to negative 260 degrees fahrenheit, and load it onto #TankerShips for sale overseas as liquefied natural gas (#LNG). It’s part of an explosion of lookalike projects that quickly made the United States the world’s top exporter of liquefied gas and drove soaring gas production at home.
"On an adjacent tract, another project called Texas LNG intends to build atop a site called #GarciaPasture—an ancient village ground where people lived seasonally for almost 800 years. The World Monument Fund calls it 'one of America’s premier #archaeological sites.' That project has its permits and awaits investor commitments before breaking ground.
"And about 5 miles away, #SpaceX continues to expand its #Starbase complex, where it manufactures and launches the most powerful #rockets in the world (which occasionally explode and fall to earth).
"Mancias fears this is just the beginning.
" 'All of this will be gone,' he said, driving his pickup truck down a highway through the marshes. 'They’re going to destroy all of this.' "
Read more:
https://www.texasobserver.org/forgotten-keepers-of-the-rio-grande-delta/#DefendingTheSacred #SacredSites
#TexasObserver #InsideClimateNews #BigOilAndGas #CulturalGenocide #CorporateColonialism #ElonSucks #MegaProjects #Pollution #Fracking #SpaceIndustry #DefendTheSacred #EndangeredSpecies -
Forgotten Keepers of the #RioGrandeDelta
An industrial buildout on the southern tip of Texas is erasing the last traces of an ancient world that still hasn’t died.
by Dylan Baddour
May 13, 2024"This society has been trying to get rid of #Mancias’ people for 500 years. It couldn’t kill them all, so it’s destroying the evidence that they ever existed. That’s what Mancias sees as 100-ton bulldozers flatten the hills his #ancestors camped on, churn up their bones, and casually crush them into rubble, removing these last traces of their world.
" 'They almost annihilated us, and that #genocide continues,' Mancias said. 'To destroy the #environment you have to destroy the people who protect it.'
"He faces a formidable foe here at the last frontier for oil and gas on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Every other major inlet from the Mississippi River west through Port Arthur, Houston, Freeport, Lavaca Bay, and Corpus Christi is already ringed with #refineries, #ChemicalPlants, and terminals.
"But at the farthest tip of #Texas, the #RioGrande meets the Gulf between #WildlifeRefuges, a #StatePark, and a majestic #wilderness that still shelters endangered and little-known #wildlife.
"This is where Houston-based developer #NextDecade has begun constructing an $18 billion #MegaProject, which it called the 'largest greenfield energy project [financed] in U.S. history' when it announced in 2023 that it had secured investors to proceed.
"Named #RioGrandeLNG, the 750-acre facility will eventually pipe in up to 27 million tons per year of gas from #fracked wells in the #PermianBasin, supercool it to negative 260 degrees fahrenheit, and load it onto #TankerShips for sale overseas as liquefied natural gas (#LNG). It’s part of an explosion of lookalike projects that quickly made the United States the world’s top exporter of liquefied gas and drove soaring gas production at home.
"On an adjacent tract, another project called Texas LNG intends to build atop a site called #GarciaPasture—an ancient village ground where people lived seasonally for almost 800 years. The World Monument Fund calls it 'one of America’s premier #archaeological sites.' That project has its permits and awaits investor commitments before breaking ground.
"And about 5 miles away, #SpaceX continues to expand its #Starbase complex, where it manufactures and launches the most powerful #rockets in the world (which occasionally explode and fall to earth).
"Mancias fears this is just the beginning.
" 'All of this will be gone,' he said, driving his pickup truck down a highway through the marshes. 'They’re going to destroy all of this.' "
Read more:
https://www.texasobserver.org/forgotten-keepers-of-the-rio-grande-delta/#DefendingTheSacred #SacredSites
#TexasObserver #InsideClimateNews #BigOilAndGas #CulturalGenocide #CorporateColonialism #ElonSucks #MegaProjects #Pollution #Fracking #SpaceIndustry #DefendTheSacred #EndangeredSpecies -
Feds Are Downplaying #MethaneLeaks in America’s Biggest #OilField, Satellite Data Suggests
A report found #MethaneEmissions in the #PermianBasin to be nearly four times higher than #EPA estimates. A senator wants an explanation.
By Ellyn Lapointe
Published March 20, 2026"#FossilFuel extraction is a known source of #methane leaks, releasing large amounts of this potent #GreenhouseGas into the atmosphere. Yet the Environmental Protection Agency appears to be drastically underreporting emissions from the nation’s largest oil-producing region.
"Nearly half of U.S. oil comes from the Permian Basin in West #Texas and southeastern #NewMexico. The region generates more than $100 billion annually for the U.S. economy, and apparently, a whole lot of methane, too. A recent report from #MethaneSAT—a methane-sensing satellite that observed Earth from March 2024 to June 2025—found emissions from the Permian Basin to be nearly four times higher than the EPA’s official estimates."
Read more:
https://gizmodo.com/feds-are-downplaying-methane-leaks-in-americas-biggest-oil-field-satellite-data-suggests-2000736269#BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #BigOilLies #BigGasLies #USPol #TrumpSucks
#TrumpsEPA #EPAFail #ClimateChange
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Feds Are Downplaying #MethaneLeaks in America’s Biggest #OilField, Satellite Data Suggests
A report found #MethaneEmissions in the #PermianBasin to be nearly four times higher than #EPA estimates. A senator wants an explanation.
By Ellyn Lapointe
Published March 20, 2026"#FossilFuel extraction is a known source of #methane leaks, releasing large amounts of this potent #GreenhouseGas into the atmosphere. Yet the Environmental Protection Agency appears to be drastically underreporting emissions from the nation’s largest oil-producing region.
"Nearly half of U.S. oil comes from the Permian Basin in West #Texas and southeastern #NewMexico. The region generates more than $100 billion annually for the U.S. economy, and apparently, a whole lot of methane, too. A recent report from #MethaneSAT—a methane-sensing satellite that observed Earth from March 2024 to June 2025—found emissions from the Permian Basin to be nearly four times higher than the EPA’s official estimates."
Read more:
https://gizmodo.com/feds-are-downplaying-methane-leaks-in-americas-biggest-oil-field-satellite-data-suggests-2000736269#BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #BigOilLies #BigGasLies #USPol #TrumpSucks
#TrumpsEPA #EPAFail #ClimateChange
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Hype for the Future 138J: City of Stanton, Texas
Overview The City of Stanton is a city in and the county seat of Martin County, Texas, located in the eastern Permian Basin area and within the region known as West Texas. Today, the community is situated primarily along the Interstate 20 corridor to the east of the City of Midland, with State Highway 137 serving the perpendicular direction.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/hype-for-the-future-138j-city-of-stanton-texas/
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Hype for the Future 138J: City of Stanton, Texas
Overview The City of Stanton is a city in and the county seat of Martin County, Texas, located in the eastern Permian Basin area and within the region known as West Texas. Today, the community is situated primarily along the Interstate 20 corridor to the east of the City of Midland, with State Highway 137 serving the perpendicular direction.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/hype-for-the-future-138j-city-of-stanton-texas/
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Hype for the Future 138E: Permian Basin, Texas
Introduction The Permian Basin is a significant oil-producing region within relatively close proximity to the Pecos River in the area around the Cities of Midland and Odessa in West Texas. Travel The primary highways serving the general area around Midland and Odessa, the principal cities of the region known as the Permian Basin in West Texas, are Interstate 20 and United States Route 385, the former connecting the two principal cities and the latter connecting the City of Odessa to the […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/hype-for-the-future-138e-permian-basin-texas/
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Hype for the Future 138E: Permian Basin, Texas
Introduction The Permian Basin is a significant oil-producing region within relatively close proximity to the Pecos River in the area around the Cities of Midland and Odessa in West Texas. Travel The primary highways serving the general area around Midland and Odessa, the principal cities of the region known as the Permian Basin in West Texas, are Interstate 20 and United States Route 385, the former connecting the two principal cities and the latter connecting the City of Odessa to the […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/hype-for-the-future-138e-permian-basin-texas/
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I recall
Boredom as the principle emotion in
My hometown of #midlandTexas #PermianBasinLooks like this conservative town has the same feelings…
Dude whom I probably went to high school with
leveraged those on 28 / off 28 and went
Out of the fracking business and into THE frackin business.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/07/handyman-west-texas-escort-podcast
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I recall
Boredom as the principle emotion in
My hometown of #midlandTexas #PermianBasinLooks like this conservative town has the same feelings…
Dude whom I probably went to high school with
leveraged those on 28 / off 28 and went
Out of the fracking business and into THE frackin business.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/07/handyman-west-texas-escort-podcast
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Welcome to the state of Permian?
(From my colleague, Gregory Hasman.)
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/lea-county-legislator-reintroduces-secession-amendment/2978090
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Welcome to the state of Permian?
(From my colleague, Gregory Hasman.)
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/lea-county-legislator-reintroduces-secession-amendment/2978090
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Hype for the Future 30/284: Delayed Notice
Unfortunately, novaTopFlex was unable to write more notices for Sunday, November 30, 2025. However, on that day, novaTopFlex was adding numerous locations within the Rocky Mountains, the Permian Basin, the Black Hills, and a few locations in the southern Great Plains (Texas specifically) to the novaTop Travel Itinerary. Locations of potential novaTop interest have expanded toward Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Quarter Horses of Amarillo, numerous attractions in the Midland and Odessa areas, and […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/hype-for-the-future-30-284-delayed-notice/
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Hype for the Future 30/284: Delayed Notice
Unfortunately, novaTopFlex was unable to write more notices for Sunday, November 30, 2025. However, on that day, novaTopFlex was adding numerous locations within the Rocky Mountains, the Permian Basin, the Black Hills, and a few locations in the southern Great Plains (Texas specifically) to the novaTop Travel Itinerary. Locations of potential novaTop interest have expanded toward Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Quarter Horses of Amarillo, numerous attractions in the Midland and Odessa areas, and […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/hype-for-the-future-30-284-delayed-notice/
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Area football teams preparing for the Regional Semifinals https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/554678/ #Football #FridayNightBlitz #FridayNightLights #GreenwoodRangers #NFL #NFLPlayoffs #PermianBasin #PermianPanthers #RankinRedDevils #TexasHighSchoolFootballPlayoffs #WestTexasFootball
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Last night I could clearly see light pollution...coming from a weird direction.
See the attached photo. (This was from last night's post, and learning more about this light pollution was the motivation to take those photos: https://universeodon.com/@KrajciTom/115240114014313436 )
I have annotated the two prominent light domes that come from Alamogordo, NM and El Paso, TX. I also annotated the mystery light pollution.
You may say that it's faint, and it is, but I could clearly see it below the pale-yellow dot of rising Saturn. (Which means I knew the direction to look for this mystery on a map.)
The second screen shot is a map of hotspots detected by various infrared weather satellites.
The third screen shot is a terrain map that also shows the distance to these IR hotspots.
In between my observing location and the hotspots...for 100 miles it's all empty New Mexico rugged land...National Forest, etc. No cities or towns.
Those IR hotspots are flare fires from the Permian Basin oil/gas complex.
I can see the light pollution from flare fires over 100 miles away.
This is a relatively recent development. When I moved here twenty years ago, there was no light pollution to my southeast.
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Last night I could clearly see light pollution...coming from a weird direction.
See the attached photo. (This was from last night's post, and learning more about this light pollution was the motivation to take those photos: https://universeodon.com/@KrajciTom/115240114014313436 )
I have annotated the two prominent light domes that come from Alamogordo, NM and El Paso, TX. I also annotated the mystery light pollution.
You may say that it's faint, and it is, but I could clearly see it below the pale-yellow dot of rising Saturn. (Which means I knew the direction to look for this mystery on a map.)
The second screen shot is a map of hotspots detected by various infrared weather satellites.
The third screen shot is a terrain map that also shows the distance to these IR hotspots.
In between my observing location and the hotspots...for 100 miles it's all empty New Mexico rugged land...National Forest, etc. No cities or towns.
Those IR hotspots are flare fires from the Permian Basin oil/gas complex.
I can see the light pollution from flare fires over 100 miles away.
This is a relatively recent development. When I moved here twenty years ago, there was no light pollution to my southeast.
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Climate change will mess with Texas.
The #Petrofuture map—Melted ice caps on a 1956 Shell Oil road map. Higher-res images: https://conspiracyofcartographers.com #climateChange #maps #cartography #climateCrisis #greenWashing #BrownsvilleTX #permianBasin #Texas #CorpusChristi #worldBuilding #gulfOfMexico #Houston #Galveston -
Climate change will mess with Texas.
The #Petrofuture map—Melted ice caps on a 1956 Shell Oil road map. Higher-res images: https://conspiracyofcartographers.com #climateChange #maps #cartography #climateCrisis #greenWashing #BrownsvilleTX #permianBasin #Texas #CorpusChristi #worldBuilding #gulfOfMexico #Houston #Galveston -
Felt the earth move last night? It wasn’t just Valentine’s Day…
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_6d71fca2-ebc2-11ef-8f50-37c659b7db80.html
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Felt the earth move last night? It wasn’t just Valentine’s Day…
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_6d71fca2-ebc2-11ef-8f50-37c659b7db80.html
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U.S. Oil Production Is Booming. Oil Jobs Are Not. - The industry is pumping ever more oil and natural gas, but it is doing so with only about... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/business/energy-environment/oil-gas-jobs.html #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #economicconditionsandtrends #permianbasin(northamerica) #oil(petroleum)andgasoline #prices(faresfeesandrates) #shutdowns(institutional) #layoffsandjobreductions #engineeringandengineers #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #wagesandsalaries
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U.S. Oil Production Is Booming. Oil Jobs Are Not. - The industry is pumping ever more oil and natural gas, but it is doing so with only about... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/business/energy-environment/oil-gas-jobs.html #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #economicconditionsandtrends #permianbasin(northamerica) #oil(petroleum)andgasoline #prices(faresfeesandrates) #shutdowns(institutional) #layoffsandjobreductions #engineeringandengineers #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #wagesandsalaries
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Research Offers Insights Into Permian Basin Earthquake Hazards
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https://phys.org/news/2024-12-insights-permian-basin-earthquake-hazards.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1306/intro10012424106 <-- shared paper(s)
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https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards <-- USGS earthquake record, including catalogue
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #model #modeling #3dmodeling #Texas #NewMexico #well #fracking #injection #oilandgas #petroleumindustry #wastewater #PermianBasin #subsurface #reservoirs #fault #faulting #earthquake #sesimicity #inducedseismicity #geology #basin #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #risk #hazard #reservoirengineering #geomechanics #WestTexas #oil #gas #production #Midland #MidlandBasin #regulations -
Research Offers Insights Into Permian Basin Earthquake Hazards
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https://phys.org/news/2024-12-insights-permian-basin-earthquake-hazards.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1306/intro10012424106 <-- shared paper(s)
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https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards <-- USGS earthquake record, including catalogue
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #model #modeling #3dmodeling #Texas #NewMexico #well #fracking #injection #oilandgas #petroleumindustry #wastewater #PermianBasin #subsurface #reservoirs #fault #faulting #earthquake #sesimicity #inducedseismicity #geology #basin #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #risk #hazard #reservoirengineering #geomechanics #WestTexas #oil #gas #production #Midland #MidlandBasin #regulations -
My daughter sent me this:
https://www.mysteryfleshpitnationalpark.com/
Holly mackerel! The creativity and slight cringe factor present here is Wonderful!
I spent Summers in the Permian basin as a kid. This is like looking at some old Carlsbad Caverns National Park memorabilia... But different.
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They don't let up. #Methane flaring and "blowdowns" get worse in the #PermianBasin because the companies simply don't care. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26032024/permian-basin-methane-flaring/
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The Permian Basin, a major hub for US oil production spanning West Texas to New Mexico, sees significant consolidation efforts, as demonstrated by Exxon's acquisition of Pioneer and Chevron's acquisition of Hess, reflecting a trend of market expansion in the oil and energy sector. #OilIndustry #Merger #DiamondbackEnergy #EndeavorEnergyResources #PermianBasin #Exxon #Chevron #MarketConsolidation
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Diamondback Energy and Endeavor Energy Resources, both active in the Permian Basin shale oil industry in the US, are gearing up to merge through cash and share purchase agreements estimated at approximately $25 billion. This merger aims to create a company valued at around $50 billion. If successful, the new entity would become the Permian Basin's largest oil and gas producer, following Exxon and Chevron. #OilIndustry #Merger #DiamondbackEnergy #EndeavorEnergyResources #PermianBasin
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The value of U.S. oil and gas mergers and acquisitions in the Permian basin this year has reached a record of more than $100 billion after several multi-billion dollar deals. https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/ma-deals-permian-basin-exceeds-100-billion-2023-woodmac-2023-12-12/
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The value of U.S. oil and gas mergers and acquisitions in the Permian basin this year has reached a record of more than $100 billion after several multi-billion dollar deals. https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/ma-deals-permian-basin-exceeds-100-billion-2023-woodmac-2023-12-12/
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The Biden Administration announced a crackdown on methane emissions, a major driver of climate change. Major oil and gas companies also signed on to a voluntary net-zero commitment.
#EnergyAmpEnvironment #News #Texas #BidenAdministration #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency #NationalOceanicAndAtmosphericAdministration #PermianBasin
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The Biden Administration announced a crackdown on methane emissions, a major driver of climate change. Major oil and gas companies also signed on to a voluntary net-zero commitment.
#EnergyAmpEnvironment #News #Texas #BidenAdministration #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency #NationalOceanicAndAtmosphericAdministration #PermianBasin
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Press Release from the Center For Biological Diversity
For Immediate Release, May 10, 2023
#NewMexico Sued Over Failure to Control Skyrocketing #Oil, #Gas #Pollution
Landmark Lawsuit Targets State’s Constitutional Duty
SANTA FE, N.M.— "A coalition of #IndigenousPeoples, #youth, frontline community members and #environmental groups sued New Mexico, the state legislature, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and state agencies today for violating their state constitutional duty to control the rapidly growing pollution from the #OilAndGas industry.
"The first-of-its-kind lawsuit seeks compliance with the pollution control clause of the New Mexico Constitution under Article 20, Section 21. No previous lawsuit has targeted the 1971 amendment, which mandates that the state prevent the despoilment of New Mexico’s air, water and other natural resources, and protect the state’s beautiful and healthful environment.
"Oil production in New Mexico’s #PermianBasin, one of the largest oilfields in the world, has increased nearly 10-fold since 2010, leading to a surge of devastating air, water and #climate pollution.
"Today’s lawsuit demands that the state comply with its constitutional duty to protect New Mexico’s environment, and that permitting of oil and gas wells be suspended in the meantime.
"'New Mexico’s failure to control oil and gas pollution violates our constitution and fundamental human rights to clean air, land and water,' said Gail Evans, an attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute and lead counsel on the case. 'If concern for our environment and public health won’t push New Mexico’s leaders to control the reckless oil and gas industry, we hope legal action will.'
"Air quality in several of the state’s oil- and gas-producing counties fails to meet federal standards established to protect public health. Eddy and San Juan Counties received an 'F' from the American Lung Association for high ozone days, and Lea and Sandoval Counties got a 'D.'
"Indigenous, youth and frontline communities are disproportionately harmed by the state’s failure to control oil and gas pollution. Plaintiffs in the case are additionally seeking relief under the constitution’s equal protection and fundamental rights clauses.
"'New Mexico has allowed sacred #Diné lands in the Eastern #Navajo Agency to be completely ravaged by oil and gas extraction and pollution,' said Mario Atencio, a plaintiff in the case from #Torreon / #Starlake Chapter of the #NavajoNation. 'There is zero accountability for the dangerous #AirPollution that my community breathes and the #ToxicSpills that pollute our precious lands and waters.'
"Oil and gas operators spill toxic liquid waste an average of four times per day in New Mexico, endangering land, air, water and public health.
Meanwhile, as the state faces increasing #aridification from #ClimateChange, oil companies use vast quantities of New Mexico’s dwindling #freshwater resources for #fracking. In 2019 the industry used approximately 14 billion gallons of New Mexico's fresh water resources — equivalent to household use for more than 278,000 people."'#Extractive industry is desecrating our #ancestral homelands and imposing irreparable harm to our water, #plant and #animal relatives,' said Julia Bernal, executive director of Pueblo Action Alliance. 'It’s unacceptable that New Mexico is continuing the legacy of harm and pollution through our communities by its racist and inequitable policies.'
"This constitutional lawsuit has far-reaching implications. As the second-largest oil-producing state in the country and one of the leading gas producers, New Mexico is responsible for over 50% more greenhouse gas emissions than the national average. Pollution from New Mexico’s oil and gas industry plays a colossal role in the climate crisis, threatening plaintiffs’ right to a livable future.
“'I’m terrified to think of my generation’s climate future when I’ve already seen triple-digit heat records and the biggest wildfire in New Mexico’s history last summer,' said 21-year-old Zephyr Jaramillo with Youth United for Climate Crisis Action. 'As one of the largest oilfields in the world, the Permian Basin threatens to pollute my future into oblivion. New Mexico needs to change course and rein in oil and gas pollution to give all of us a chance at a healthy future.'
"The case was filed today in the First Judicial District Court of New Mexico by #IndigenousLifeways, #PuebloActionAlliance, Youth United for Climate Crisis Action, Center for Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians and individuals living on the frontlines of oil and gas extraction."
#WaterIsLife #BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism #WaterPollution #AirPollution #EnvironmentalRacism
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Press Release from the Center For Biological Diversity
For Immediate Release, May 10, 2023
#NewMexico Sued Over Failure to Control Skyrocketing #Oil, #Gas #Pollution
Landmark Lawsuit Targets State’s Constitutional Duty
SANTA FE, N.M.— "A coalition of #IndigenousPeoples, #youth, frontline community members and #environmental groups sued New Mexico, the state legislature, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and state agencies today for violating their state constitutional duty to control the rapidly growing pollution from the #OilAndGas industry.
"The first-of-its-kind lawsuit seeks compliance with the pollution control clause of the New Mexico Constitution under Article 20, Section 21. No previous lawsuit has targeted the 1971 amendment, which mandates that the state prevent the despoilment of New Mexico’s air, water and other natural resources, and protect the state’s beautiful and healthful environment.
"Oil production in New Mexico’s #PermianBasin, one of the largest oilfields in the world, has increased nearly 10-fold since 2010, leading to a surge of devastating air, water and #climate pollution.
"Today’s lawsuit demands that the state comply with its constitutional duty to protect New Mexico’s environment, and that permitting of oil and gas wells be suspended in the meantime.
"'New Mexico’s failure to control oil and gas pollution violates our constitution and fundamental human rights to clean air, land and water,' said Gail Evans, an attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute and lead counsel on the case. 'If concern for our environment and public health won’t push New Mexico’s leaders to control the reckless oil and gas industry, we hope legal action will.'
"Air quality in several of the state’s oil- and gas-producing counties fails to meet federal standards established to protect public health. Eddy and San Juan Counties received an 'F' from the American Lung Association for high ozone days, and Lea and Sandoval Counties got a 'D.'
"Indigenous, youth and frontline communities are disproportionately harmed by the state’s failure to control oil and gas pollution. Plaintiffs in the case are additionally seeking relief under the constitution’s equal protection and fundamental rights clauses.
"'New Mexico has allowed sacred #Diné lands in the Eastern #Navajo Agency to be completely ravaged by oil and gas extraction and pollution,' said Mario Atencio, a plaintiff in the case from #Torreon / #Starlake Chapter of the #NavajoNation. 'There is zero accountability for the dangerous #AirPollution that my community breathes and the #ToxicSpills that pollute our precious lands and waters.'
"Oil and gas operators spill toxic liquid waste an average of four times per day in New Mexico, endangering land, air, water and public health.
Meanwhile, as the state faces increasing #aridification from #ClimateChange, oil companies use vast quantities of New Mexico’s dwindling #freshwater resources for #fracking. In 2019 the industry used approximately 14 billion gallons of New Mexico's fresh water resources — equivalent to household use for more than 278,000 people."'#Extractive industry is desecrating our #ancestral homelands and imposing irreparable harm to our water, #plant and #animal relatives,' said Julia Bernal, executive director of Pueblo Action Alliance. 'It’s unacceptable that New Mexico is continuing the legacy of harm and pollution through our communities by its racist and inequitable policies.'
"This constitutional lawsuit has far-reaching implications. As the second-largest oil-producing state in the country and one of the leading gas producers, New Mexico is responsible for over 50% more greenhouse gas emissions than the national average. Pollution from New Mexico’s oil and gas industry plays a colossal role in the climate crisis, threatening plaintiffs’ right to a livable future.
“'I’m terrified to think of my generation’s climate future when I’ve already seen triple-digit heat records and the biggest wildfire in New Mexico’s history last summer,' said 21-year-old Zephyr Jaramillo with Youth United for Climate Crisis Action. 'As one of the largest oilfields in the world, the Permian Basin threatens to pollute my future into oblivion. New Mexico needs to change course and rein in oil and gas pollution to give all of us a chance at a healthy future.'
"The case was filed today in the First Judicial District Court of New Mexico by #IndigenousLifeways, #PuebloActionAlliance, Youth United for Climate Crisis Action, Center for Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians and individuals living on the frontlines of oil and gas extraction."
#WaterIsLife #BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism #WaterPollution #AirPollution #EnvironmentalRacism
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Chasing Big Mergers, Oil Executives Dismiss Peak Oil Concerns - Exxon Mobil and Chevron are spending tens of billions of dollars buying oil and gas asset... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/business/energy-environment/exxon-chevron-oil-mergers-peak.html #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #pioneernaturalresourcescompany #alternativeandrenewableenergy #carboncaptureandsequestration #permianbasin(northamerica) #oil(petroleum)andgasoline #electricandhybridvehicles #greenhousegasemissions
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Chasing Big Mergers, Oil Executives Dismiss Peak Oil Concerns - Exxon Mobil and Chevron are spending tens of billions of dollars buying oil and gas asset... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/business/energy-environment/exxon-chevron-oil-mergers-peak.html #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #pioneernaturalresourcescompany #alternativeandrenewableenergy #carboncaptureandsequestration #permianbasin(northamerica) #oil(petroleum)andgasoline #electricandhybridvehicles #greenhousegasemissions
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"Exxon just announced a $60 billion deal to buy Pioneer Natural Resources, one of the largest oil and gas acreage owners in the Permian Basin. This will double Exxon’s presence in the region, which is the highest producing oil patch in the United States... 'The cost of producing a barrel of oil out there is as low as anybody’s. This is what is attractive to Exxon Mobil'"
https://www.marketplace.org/2023/10/12/exxon-is-shelling-out-60b-to-double-its-permian-basin-production-why-there/
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"Exxon just announced a $60 billion deal to buy Pioneer Natural Resources, one of the largest oil and gas acreage owners in the Permian Basin. This will double Exxon’s presence in the region, which is the highest producing oil patch in the United States... 'The cost of producing a barrel of oil out there is as low as anybody’s. This is what is attractive to Exxon Mobil'"
https://www.marketplace.org/2023/10/12/exxon-is-shelling-out-60b-to-double-its-permian-basin-production-why-there/
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#ExxonMobil struck a nearly $60 billion agreement to buy #PioneerNaturalResources in the largest #oil-and-#gas deal in two decades, tying the #energy giant’s future to #FossilFuels and creating a #shale giant: https://apple.news/ANyAZA2DkQcibQgLviyzEtg
#Exxon #Pioneer #OilAndGas #fracking #Texas #WestTexas #PermianBasin #Permian #WallStreetJournal #WSJ #AppleNews
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This is near #OdessaTX, in the #PermianBasin of #WestTexas, for those who don’t know.
If you’ve read book #FridayNightLights or seen the movie, that’s 35 years out of date now, but that’s the place.
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Study Identifies #Methane ‘Super-Emitters' in Largest #US #Oilfield
Fixing just the worst leaks in the #PermianBasin oilfield’s infrastructure could cut methane #emissions by 55 tons an hour, according to a study by #NASA, University of Arizona, and #ASU.
About half of the biggest sources of methane in the Basin oilfield are likely to be malfunctioning #oilfield equipment.Data from this study can be viewed and downloaded at the team’s data portal.
https://climate.nasa.gov/news/3087/study-identifies-methane-super-emitters-in-largest-us-oilfield/