EPA Finds Excess Pollution at Permian Basin Oil Sites

More than half of the Permian Basin oil facilities in New Mexico investigated by federal and state environmental authorities in April could be subject to penalties and other enforcement actions after they were found to be emitting excess pollution.

• 75 of the 124 facilities that were inspected in April had excess emissions of volatile emission compounds that contribute to the formation of smog, according to posted reports
• “The results of our federal and state oil and gas investigations are cause for alarm, with a meager 40% compliance rate,” New Mexico Environment Department Cabinet Secretary James Kenney said in a news ...