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With output from Permian basin booming, the state of New Mexico’s crude production last year eclipsed output from the entire country of Mexico. ft.com/content/ce6d6c

3:07 PM · Jan 31, 2023

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Come to think of it, any agreements on cross-border fields US-MEX ?

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As an energy overhaul opens Mexico to fracking, obstacles remain. One big one? Drug cartels.

With new energy law, Mexico beckons with the mother lode next door

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There is only one problem: the definition of crude in Mexico is different from that of the US. Using the right definition, New Mexico’s production is not higher than that of Mexico. Regardless, the shale story is still amazing

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Is that why they call it "New" Mexico?

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There’s a NEW Mexico now?

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Increasing production/ burning Oil exacerbates Global Environmental Crisis, we may have the Permian Basin Oil to thank for triggering Global Extinction on a par with Permian Extinction, thought to be caused by Global Warming

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What caused Earth's biggest mass extinction?

Scientists have debated until now what made Earth's oceans so inhospitable to life that some 96 percent of marine species died off at the end of the Permian period. New research shows the "Great...

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Would be interesting to know why that hasn’t added-up to prosperity for the state-which perennially ranks at bottom in many measures.

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From what I remember of driving through the Permian a long time ago: donkey rigs and cacti in a windblown vastness. It's possible the fracking has worked in the US because it's usually on lands once considered waste. Part of the advantage of owning a continent.

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suck it, old mexico.