Natural Gas in Colorado, Northern New Mexico, and Utah

1935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean E. Winchester
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Natural Gas

Subsurface Tension

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 453-474
Author(s):  
Kameron B. Smith
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
The State ◽  
Oil Boom ◽  
Oil And Natural Gas ◽  
Water Imports

A recent oil boom in Southern New Mexico has resulted in increased hydraulic fracturing operations in the region and, as a result, a steady and reliable supply of water to fuel such operations is required. As New Mexico regulations make it difficult to acquire a steady supply of water within the state, oil and natural gas producers are turning to unregulated areas in Texas, which permit unlimited pumping of groundwater. However, this groundwater is being pumped from the Pecos Valley aquifer, which is the same source of water that New Mexico is regulating within its borders. This issue is only one in a series of interstate water feuds between the two states. This Comment identifies the current practice of groundwater imports from Texas into New Mexico and the methods New Mexico might employ to limit or prevent such imports. Additionally, this Comment discusses an interstate compact as an alternative to New Mexico attempting to regulate water imports, which would undoubtedly lead to extensive litigation.

scholarly journals Spectrometric measurements of atmospheric propane (C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>8</sub>)

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (13) ◽  
pp. 10727-10743
Author(s):  
Geoffrey C. Toon ◽  
Jean-Francois L. Blavier ◽  
Keeyoon Sung ◽  
Katelyn Yu
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Absorption Feature ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Permian Basin ◽  
Gas Field ◽  
Solar Absorption ◽  
Back Trajectories ◽  
Oil And Natural Gas ◽  
Gas Fields

Abstract. We report measurements of atmospheric C3H8 from analysis of ground-based solar absorption spectra from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) MkIV interferometer. Using the strong Q-branch absorption feature at 2967 cm−1, we can measure C3H8 in locations where its abundance is enhanced by proximity to sources (e.g., large natural gas fields, megacities). A case study of MkIV C3H8 measurements from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, shows that amounts are strongly correlated with ethane (C2H6) and with back-trajectories from SE New Mexico and western Texas, where the Permian Basin oil and natural gas field is located. Measurements from JPL, California, also show large C3H8 enhancements on certain days but more correlated with CO than C2H6. From high-altitude balloon-borne MkIV solar occultation measurements, C3H8 was not detected at any altitude (5–40 km) in any of the 25 flights.

scholarly journals Spectrometric measurements of atmospheric propane (C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>8</sub>)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey C. Toon ◽  
Jean-Francois L. Blavier ◽  
Keeyoon Sung ◽  
Katelyn Yu
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Absorption Feature ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Permian Basin ◽  
Gas Field ◽  
Solar Absorption ◽  
Back Trajectories ◽  
Oil And Natural Gas ◽  
Gas Fields

Abstract. We report measurements of atmospheric C3H8 from analysis of ground-based, solar absorption spectra from the JPL MkIV interferometer. Using the strong Q-branch absorption feature at 2967 cm−1, we can measure C3H8 in locations where its abundance is enhanced by proximity to sources (e.g., large natural gas fields, mega-cities). A case study of MkIV C3H8 measurements from Ft. Sumner, New Mexico, show large variations that are strongly correlated with ethane (C2H6) amounts and with back-trajectories from SE New Mexico and West Texas, where the Permian Basin oil and natural gas field is located. Measurements from JPL, California, also show large C3H8 enhancements on certain days, but more correlated with CO than C2H6. From MKIV solar occultation measurements from balloon, C3H8 was not detected at any altitude in any flight.

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