AutisticHistoryLover t1_j8f1gah wrote on February 13, 2023 at 8:53 PM

Guessing this is because of the part of the Permian Basin that crosses into New Mexico? I know that it does and that the Permian Basin is part of the backbone of the shale economy here in Texas.

ACorania t1_j8fldm3 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 11:05 PM

That is exactly right. There is differences on how the permitting and such is done to access things on this side of the Texas/NM boarder, but they are pulling from the same "pool" if you will.

NoWayNotThisAgain t1_j8gstyn wrote on February 14, 2023 at 4:44 AM

There’s also a lot of oil in the San Juan basin near the 4 corners