“Despite increasing its own oil production in recent years, New Mexico has no site with repeated methane leaks, unlike in Texas, which Kayrros said is likely due to a 2021 state law aimed at curtailing methane emissions from industry.”
Same Permian basin, same drillers, and Texas leaks twice the methane per unit of production since 2019. The difference is a 2021 New Mexico law. New Mexico kept growing its oil output anyway. The industry’s warning that rules kill business just got tested next door, and it failed.