U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke Thursday ordered the department to explore ways to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and hold quarterly lease sales.

SANTA FE, NM – Today, Ryan Flynn, Executive Director of the New Mexico Oil & Gas Association, testified before a Congressional Committee on the impact bureaucratic federal regulations have on oil and natural gas development in New Mexico.

Hobbs, NM - Today, Mewbourne Oil Company announced the opening of a new regional headquarters for operations in Southeast New Mexico’s booming Permian Basin. The Tyler, Texas-based company’s new facility underscores their long-term commitment to Hobbs, New Mexico and the Permian Basin with an eye toward growth and expansion for decades to come.

Associated Press / May 12, 2017 – 3:01 PM

SANTA FE, N.M. — The Latest on New Mexico’s state budget crisis (all times local):

New Mexico state finances are likely to get a $70 million boost this month after the U.S. Bureau of Land Management rejected environmental protests over oil and gas lease sales.

Associated Press / Susan Montoya Brown / Apr 18, 2017 – 4:34 PM

ALBUQUERQUE – As New Mexico’s elected leaders wrangle over raising taxes to plug a budget shortfall, major multinational energy companies have quietly spent more than $13 billion in recent months on assets in the state’s oil and gas hot spots.

It has been widely reported that a special session of the New Mexico Legislature will be called in the near future by Governor Susana Martinez. The session will deal with revenue and spending issues left unresolved from the just completed 60 day session.

By Paul Wiseman / The Permian Basin Petroleum Association Magazine / March 2017

To call Dwayne Taylor’s first business a “mom and pop” operation would have been an exaggeration by two times. Taylor was it, working seven days a week, by himself, and operating a single rig.

The Maxwell High School boys basketball team defeated Springer 63-53 on Saturday March 11, 2017 in Albuquerque to become the Class 1A state champions.  NMOGA met with the Bears last month as part of the association’s outreach program. NMOGA Executive Director, Ryan Flynn has declared Monday, March 13, 2017 Maxwell High School Bears Day in New Mexico’s Oil and Gas Industry.  Congratulations Bears!

Farmington Daily Times / Leigh Black Irvin / [email protected] / 6:51 p.m. MT March 3, 2017 /

FARMINGTON — A recent increase in drilling rigs in the San Juan Basin has some wondering if the downturn in oil and gas production might be starting to turn around.

By Ben Shepperd / President, Permian Basin Petroleum Association, Wednesday, March 1st, 2017 at 12:02am, Guest Column Albuquerque Journal

As Congress moves forward to reduce regulatory burdens on families and small businesses, an onerous Bureau of Land Management methane venting and flaring rule has recently come into the spotlight.