New Mexico commission to consider new oil and gas cleanup rules

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: April 6, 2026

Words: 459

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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The New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission is weighing proposed changes to oil and gas cleanup rules that climate advocates say would be a key step forward in preventing orphaned and abandoned wells.

New Mexico’s Oil and Gas Act requires that state energy officials charge oil and gas companies for plugging and cleaning retired and abandoned wells. Republican lawmakers have recently argued that conservation tax revenue should pay for it instead.

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