New Mexico Slaps $40 Million Fine On Oil Firm Over Excess Emissions

New Mexico regulators have fined a Texas-based oil and gas company with more than $40 million for violating emissions standards and air quality rules.  The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) announced this week separate, but significant, enforcement actions against Ameredev II, LLC and affiliate Ameredev Operating, LLC, an Austin, Texas-based oil and gas production company, “for egregious violations of state rules and permitting requirements.”   …