BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration announced Thursday the suspension of new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits for U.S. lands and waters for 60 days as part a broad review of programs at the Department of Interior. The move follows President Joe Biden’s campaign pledge to halt new drilling on federal lands and end the leasing of …

NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden has put his team to work reviewing dozens of actions taken by former President Donald Trump, aiming to reverse orders that he says harm the environment or endanger public health. For the energy and auto industries, the impact could be far-reaching. Biden aims to reduce harmful emissions from cars, trucks and SUVs. Oil …

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — In the closing months of the Trump administration, energy companies stockpiled enough drilling permits for western public lands to keep pumping oil for years and undercut President-elect Joe Biden’s plans to curb new drilling because of climate change, according to public records and industry analysts. An Associated Press analysis of government data shows the permit stockpiling …

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it will cut its oil production by 1 million barrels a day, taking on the burden of supporting prices in the energy market as a “goodwill gesture” after a meeting with other crude-producing countries. The decision came after a meeting between countries that are part of the OPEC oil cartel and allies …

Providing more than a third of the state’s fiscal year 2020 budget, the oil and gas industry came under attack this week from both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the New Mexico Environment Department. A new analysis from the nonpartisan New Mexico Tax Research Institute reports state revenue from oil and natural gas production in New Mexico totaled $2.8 …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Oil and gas development infused $2.8 billion into New Mexico coffers during the 2020 fiscal year and marked its second-highest total revenue ever reported despite a global price war and plummeting demand amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released Monday. The New Mexico Oil and Gas Association commissioned the nonprofit New Mexico Tax Policy …

Some folks in the western part of the country hope certain campaign promises are let to slide. A ban on oil and natural gas development on public lands by President-elect Joe Biden would severely harm the economies of eight western states, especially New Mexico, according to a study released Monday. After discussing the report with the News-Sun, state Rep. Larry …

The Wells Fargo branch in Eunice will permanently close its doors in March of 2021. The Wells Fargo branch will close on March 10 at noon. Until then, the bank will operate normal business hours. The nearest Wells Fargo location will be 20 miles away in Hobbs or in Jal. Wells Fargo’s New Mexico Communications Advisor Franchesca Pancham explained the …

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Payments to states in the U.S. West have plummeted for oil, natural gas and coal extracted from U.S. lands after low crude prices and the pandemic slowed drilling and mining in many areas in 2020, according to federal data. Nationwide, payments to states for drilling on public lands and in U.S. waters were down by $630 …

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — OPEC and allied countries including Russia agreed Thursday to increase oil production by 500,000 barrels a day from January and said they would meet monthly to decide further output levels, gingerly adding more crude to a global economy still suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision followed days of wrangling over whether to increase output early …