Month: January 2012

The New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission is considering three important changes to its rules. On November 15, 2011, the Commission adopted a new disclosure rule proposed by the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association which requires operators using hydraulic fracturing when completing a well to…

    New Mexico Mining Commission decided to extend the sunsetting of Mining Act permitting fees from March 31, 2012 to December 31, 2012.  This will maintain the Mining and Minerals Division’s staffing at eight employees, and will allow additional time to consider fee…

    In August 2011, the New Mexico Court of Appeals clarified any ambiguity that may have existed in the New Mexico Environment Department’s ability to deny a discharge permit based on an individual’s misrepresentation in a permit application. In Summers v. N.M….

    On January 2, 2012, the Tenth Circuit dismissed a Plaintiff’s case and compelled the parties to arbitrate a dispute overturning an Oklahoma District Court. EEC, Inc. v. Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc., This holding supports the federal policy embodied under the Federal…