New Mexico Quick Facts
- New Mexico's annual crude oil production more than doubled between 2013 and 2018, raising the state from the nation's seventh-largest oil producer in 2013 to the third-largest oil producer in 2018. New Mexico accounted for more than 6% of U.S. crude oil production in 2018.
- New Mexico is among the top natural gas-producing states and has 5% of the nation’s proved natural gas reserves. In 2018, the state accounted for about 4% of U.S. natural gas production.
- New Mexico has about 3% of the nation’s estimated recoverable coal reserves, the 10th largest reserve base among the states. In 2018, the state accounted for slightly more than 1% of U.S. coal production.
- In 2018, wind energy contributed almost 19% of New Mexico’s electricity generation and by the third quarter of 2019 the state had about 1,950 megawatts of installed electricity generating capacity from more than 1,100 wind turbines.
- New Mexico has no nuclear power plants, but it does have the nation's second-largest uranium resource equal to nearly one-third of U.S. known uranium reserves.
Last Updated: February 20, 2020
Data
Last Update: April 16, 2020 | Next Update: May 21, 2020
| Prices | |||||
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| Petroleum | New Mexico | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase | $ 56.55 /barrel | $ 56.86 /barrel | Jan-20 | ||
| Natural Gas | New Mexico | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| City Gate | $ 2.34 /thousand cu ft | $ 3.27 /thousand cu ft | Jan-20 | find more | |
| Residential | $ 5.94 /thousand cu ft | $ 9.52 /thousand cu ft | Jan-20 | find more | |
| Coal | New Mexico | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Average Sales Price | $ 39.78 /short ton | $ 35.99 /short ton | 2018 | ||
| Delivered to Electric Power Sector | $ 2.66 /million Btu | $ 1.93 /million Btu | Jan-20 | ||
| Electricity | New Mexico | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Residential | 12.08 cents/kWh | 12.79 cents/kWh | Jan-20 | find more | |
| Commercial | 9.49 cents/kWh | 10.28 cents/kWh | Jan-20 | find more | |
| Industrial | 5.01 cents/kWh | 6.33 cents/kWh | Jan-20 | find more | |
| Reserves | |||||
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| Reserves | New Mexico | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Crude Oil (as of Dec. 31) | 3,240 million barrels | 7.4% | 2018 | find more | |
| Expected Future Production of Dry Natural Gas (as of Dec. 31) | 23,040 billion cu ft | 4.9% | 2018 | find more | |
| Expected Future Production of Natural Gas Plant Liquids | 1,422 million barrels | 6.5% | 2018 | find more | |
| Recoverable Coal at Producing Mines | 147 million short tons | 1.0% | 2018 | find more | |
| Rotary Rigs & Wells | New Mexico | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Natural Gas Producing Wells | 40,247 wells | 7.7% | 2018 | find more | |
| Capacity | New Mexico | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Crude Oil Refinery Capacity (as of Jan. 1) | 136,000 barrels/calendar day | 0.7% | 2019 | ||
| Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity | 8,721 MW | 0.8% | Jan-20 | ||
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| Production | New Mexico | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Energy | 2,805 trillion Btu | 3.2% | 2017 | find more | |
| Crude Oil | 1,052 thousand barrels per day | 8.3% | Jan-20 | find more | |
| Natural Gas - Marketed | 1,485,142 million cu ft | 4.5% | 2018 | find more | |
| Coal | 10,792 thousand short tons | 1.4% | 2018 | find more | |
| Total Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation | New Mexico | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Net Electricity Generation | 3,140 thousand MWh | 0.9% | Jan-20 | ||
| Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation (share of total) | New Mexico | U.S. Average | Period | ||
| Petroleum-Fired | NM | 0.3 % | Jan-20 | find more | |
| Natural Gas-Fired | 32.7 % | 39.2 % | Jan-20 | find more | |
| Coal-Fired | 42.6 % | 19.2 % | Jan-20 | find more | |
| Nuclear | 0 % | 21.9 % | Jan-20 | find more | |
| Renewables | 24.3 % | 18.7 % | Jan-20 | ||
| Stocks | New Mexico | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Motor Gasoline (Excludes Pipelines) | 25 thousand barrels | 0.1% | Jan-20 | ||
| Distillate Fuel Oil (Excludes Pipelines) | 332 thousand barrels | 0.3% | Jan-20 | find more | |
| Natural Gas in Underground Storage | 63,328 million cu ft | 0.9% | Jan-20 | find more | |
| Petroleum Stocks at Electric Power Producers | 16 thousand barrels | 0.1% | Jan-20 | find more | |
| Coal Stocks at Electric Power Producers | W | W | Jan-20 | find more | |
| Fueling Stations | New Mexico | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Motor Gasoline | 891 stations | 0.7% | 2017 | ||
| Propane | 62 stations | 2.2% | 2020 | ||
| Electricity | 83 stations | 0.3% | 2020 | ||
| E85 | 9 stations | 0.3% | 2020 | ||
| Compressed Natural Gas and Other Alternative Fuels | 9 stations | 0.8% | 2020 | ||
| Consumption & Expenditures | |||||
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| Summary | New Mexico | U.S. Rank | Period | ||
| Total Consumption | 683 trillion Btu | 38 | 2017 | find more | |
| Total Consumption per Capita | 327 million Btu | 20 | 2017 | find more | |
| Total Expenditures | $ 7,368 million | 38 | 2017 | find more | |
| Total Expenditures per Capita | $ 3,520 | 27 | 2017 | find more | |
| by End-Use Sector | New Mexico | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Consumption | |||||
| » Residential | 112 trillion Btu | 0.6% | 2017 | find more | |
| » Commercial | 122 trillion Btu | 0.7% | 2017 | find more | |
| » Industrial | 229 trillion Btu | 0.7% | 2017 | find more | |
| » Transportation | 220 trillion Btu | 0.8% | 2017 | find more | |
| Expenditures | |||||
| » Residential | $ 1,254 million | 0.5% | 2017 | find more | |
| » Commercial | $ 1,127 million | 0.6% | 2017 | find more | |
| » Industrial | $ 946 million | 0.5% | 2017 | find more | |
| » Transportation | $ 4,041 million | 0.8% | 2017 | find more | |
| by Source | New Mexico | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Consumption | |||||
| » Petroleum | 48 million barrels | 0.7% | 2017 | find more | |
| » Natural Gas | 271 billion cu ft | 0.9% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Coal | 7 million short tons | 1.1% | 2018 | find more | |
| Expenditures | |||||
| » Petroleum | $ 4,675.5 million | 0.7% | 2017 | find more | |
| » Natural Gas | $ 702.8 million | 0.4% | 2018 | find more | |
| » Coal | $ 340.1 million | 1.2% | 2018 | find more | |
| Consumption for Electricity Generation | New Mexico | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Petroleum | NM | NM | Jan-20 | find more | |
| Natural Gas | 8,559 million cu ft | 0.9% | Jan-20 | find more | |
| Coal | 790 thousand short tons | 2.2% | Jan-20 | find more | |
| Energy Source Used for Home Heating (share of households) | New Mexico | U.S. Average | Period | ||
| Natural Gas | 63.1 % | 47.8 % | 2018 | ||
| Fuel Oil | 0.1 % | 4.6 % | 2018 | ||
| Electricity | 20.9 % | 39.2 % | 2018 | ||
| Liquefied Refinery Gases | 7.2 % | 4.8 % | 2018 | ||
| Other/None | 8.6 % | 3.6 % | 2018 | ||
| Environment | |||||
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| Renewable Energy Capacity | New Mexico | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Renewable Energy Electricity Net Summer Capacity | 2,756 MW | 1.2% | Jan-20 | ||
| Ethanol Plant Operating Capacity | 0 million gal/year | 0.0% | 2018 | ||
| Renewable Energy Production | New Mexico | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Utility-Scale Hydroelectric Net Electricity Generation | NM | NM | Jan-20 | ||
| Utility-Scale Solar, Wind, and Geothermal Net Electricity Generation | 761 thousand MWh | 2.2% | Jan-20 | ||
| Utility-Scale Biomass Net Electricity Generation | 2 thousand MWh | * | Jan-20 | ||
| Small-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Generation | 25 thousand MWh | 1.1% | Jan-20 | ||
| Fuel Ethanol Production | 0 thousand barrels | 0.0% | 2017 | ||
| Renewable Energy Consumption | New Mexico | U.S. Rank | Period | find more | |
| Renewable Energy Consumption as a Share of State Total | 11.2 % | 21 | 2017 | ||
| Fuel Ethanol Consumption | 2,279 thousand barrels | 36 | 2018 | ||
| Total Emissions | New Mexico | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Carbon Dioxide | 49.0 million metric tons | 0.9% | 2017 | ||
| Electric Power Industry Emissions | New Mexico | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Carbon Dioxide | 18,442 thousand metric tons | 1.0% | 2018 | ||
| Sulfur Dioxide | 3 thousand metric tons | 0.2% | 2018 | ||
| Nitrogen Oxide | 16 thousand metric tons | 1.1% | 2018 | ||
Analysis
Last Updated: February 20, 2020
Overview
New Mexico is home to the forested peaks and valleys of the southern Rocky Mountains, high plateaus of the Great Plains, and many spectacular desert canyons and mesas.1,2 In addition to its dramatic vistas, the state has a wealth of fossil fuel, mineral, and renewable energy resources, including substantial oil and natural gas reserves, abundant sunshine, and a significant portion of the nation's known uranium reserves.3,4,5,6,7 Crude oil, natural gas, and coal production help place New Mexico among the nation's top 10 energy producers.8
Crude oil, natural gas, and coal production make New Mexico one of the top 10 energy producers in the nation.
New Mexico's lowest elevation is more than half a mile above sea level and its highest, Wheeler Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, rises to more than 2 miles above sea level. The climate varies widely by location and elevation, from the deserts in the south, where summer temperatures far above 100°F are common, to snowy peaks in the north, where winter temperatures have fallen to 50 degrees below zero. New Mexico ranks 36th in population and is the fifth-largest state by land area.9,10 As a result, the state is the sixth-least densely populated in the nation.11 More than one in four residents live in the city of Albuquerque, leaving about two-thirds of the state with fewer than 10 people per square mile.12,13
Energy consumption in New Mexico varies widely by sector. The residential sector uses less energy per capita than in all but three other states despite New Mexico's climate extremes. Although the industrial sector is the largest energy consumer in the state, it is followed closely by the transportation sector, where more energy is consumed per capita than in three-fourths of the states.14,15
Mining, especially oil and natural gas production, accounts for about one-tenth of New Mexico's gross domestic product (GDP). However, about three-tenths of state GDP is from less energy-intensive service sector businesses, including finance, insurance, real estate, and business and professional services. Nearly one-fourth of state GDP comes from government activities, including federal enterprises such as the Department of Energy's Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories. Those laboratories account for about 1 in 10 jobs in New Mexico.16,17 Overall, New Mexico's energy consumption per dollar of GDP and its energy consumption per capita are both ranked among the top 20 states.18,19
Petroleum
New Mexico has more than 7% of U.S. total proved crude oil reserves.20 In 2018, it became the third-largest oil-producing state, and accounted for more than 6% of the nation's crude oil production.21 The Permian Basin, located in western Texas and eastern New Mexico, is one of the most prolific petroleum-producing areas in the nation and the world.22,23 Advanced drilling and oil recovery technologies have increased production in low-permeability shale formations in the Permian Basin.24 Oil production in New Mexico, which had been relatively steady for several decades, has increased more than fourfold since 2009, with production reaching an all-time high of 982,000 barrels per day in October 2019.25,26 Pipeline operators have accommodated New Mexico's increased crude oil production with pipeline expansions and new construction.27
The Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico is one of the most prolific petroleum-producing areas in the nation.
New Mexico has two operating oil refineries that have a combined processing capacity of about 136,000 barrels of crude oil per calendar day.28 Local San Juan Basin crude oil, known as Four Corners Sweet, is the main feedstock for a small refinery in Gallup, New Mexico. It is the only active refinery in the Four Corners area where the four states of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado meet. That refinery supplies the region with motor gasoline, diesel, propane, and heavy fuel oils.29 The larger Navajo Refinery is located in Artesia in southeastern New Mexico and can process both heavy sour and light sweet crude oils. Most of the crude oil processed at Artesia comes from the Permian Basin, but some of it is brought by pipeline from other areas, including Canada. The Navajo refinery serves markets in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.30
The transportation sector is the leading petroleum consuming sector in New Mexico and accounts for more than four-fifths of all petroleum used in the state.31 The use of oxygenated motor gasoline is required in the Albuquerque metropolitan area.32,33 Ethanol, which is used as an oxygenate, is blended with motor gasoline to reduce harmful emissions. New Mexico accounts for less than 1% of the nation's fuel ethanol consumption. The state does not have any commercial ethanol production, and supplies come from the Midwest.34,35,36 The industrial sector is the second-largest petroleum consumer in the state, but it uses much less than the transportation sector. The residential sector and the commercial sector use only small amounts of petroleum. Even less is used by the electric power sector.37 Only about 0.1% of New Mexico households use fuel oil or kerosene for home heating, but almost 7% use hydrocarbon gas liquids, primarily propane.38
Natural gas
The San Juan Basin is among the top U.S. natural gas-producing areas.
New Mexico is among the most prolific natural gas-producing states and has more than 5% of U.S. proved natural gas reserves. In 2018, the state accounted for about 4% of the nation's total natural gas production.39,40 The San Juan Basin, which is located in northwestern New Mexico and extends into southwestern Colorado, is among the top U.S. natural gas-producing areas.41 Natural gas is produced from shales, low permeability sands, and coalbeds in the San Juan Basin.42 New Mexico's natural gas production from shale gas wells has increased steadily during the past decade and accounted for about half of the state's natural gas production in 2018, more than 10 times greater than in 2010.43,44 Even though coalbed methane production has fallen by more than 60% from New Mexico's 2007 peak, production is still second only to Colorado's.45,46
New Mexico is crossed by several interstate natural gas pipelines.47 The Blanco Hub, located in the San Juan Basin, is a major connection and trading point for interstate pipelines carrying Rocky Mountain natural gas.48 In 2018, New Mexicans consumed only about 18% of the natural gas produced in the state. Because New Mexico produces more natural gas than it consumes, almost three times more natural gas leaves the state than enters it.49,50 Most of the natural gas that enters New Mexico comes from Texas and Colorado, and most of the natural gas that leaves the state is sent to Arizona.51 Some of New Mexico's natural gas is placed in the state's two underground storage fields.52 Those fields have a combined storage capacity of about 89 billion cubic feet of natural gas, or about 1% of the nation's total.53
New Mexico is among the top 10 states in the nation in per capita natural gas consumption.54,55 The electric power sector is the largest natural gas consumer in New Mexico, followed closely by consumption related to the recovery, processing, and distribution of natural gas. Each of those two consumer groups accounts for more than one-third of total state natural gas use. The residential, commercial, and industrial sectors, together, consume less natural gas than the electric power sector even though almost two-thirds of the state's households use natural gas as their primary energy source for home heating.56,57
Coal
New Mexico has about 3% of the nation's estimated recoverable coal reserves, the 10th largest reserve base among the states.58 Although coal deposits exist around the state, most of the state's known reserves are in northern New Mexico in the San Juan and Raton Basins. The San Juan Basin is the state's largest coal-bearing region and the only area currently being mined.59,60 The state's coal production has decreased in the past decade, but New Mexico's three active coal mines continue to account for slightly more than 1% of U.S. total mined coal.61,62 In 2018, all of the coal mined in New Mexico was either used in the state or shipped by rail to Arizona for power generation. Some coal from Colorado is trucked to industrial facilities in New Mexico.63
Electricity
Plans are under way to connect all three U.S. electric grids in New Mexico.
Coal-fired power plants provide the largest share of New Mexico's electricity net generation, but that share has steadily declined in recent years. About nine-tenths of state generation was fueled by coal in 1990, but, by 2018, coal-fired generation contributed two-fifths of state generation—less than half for the first time.64 Three of the five coal-fired electricity generating units at the state's largest power plant were retired in 2013, and two of the four coal-fired generating units at New Mexico's second-largest power plant were shut down in late 2017.65,66 In response to strict air quality regulations, more competitively priced natural gas supplies, and California's decision in 2014 to stop purchasing coal-fired generation from other states, New Mexico's coal-fired power generation has declined by 44% since 2013, from 24.1 million megawatthours in 2013 to 13.4 million megawatthours in 2018.67,68 Natural gas-fired power plants now account for more than one-third of New Mexico's net generation. Renewable resources, primarily wind, provide almost all the rest.
New Mexico has no nuclear power plants, but it does have the second-largest uranium reserves in the nation.69,70 There are no active uranium mines in New Mexico currently, but substantial amounts of uranium were mined in the state between 1948 and 2002. Several companies plan to recover uranium by in-situ leaching in the future. In-situ recovery plants pump fluids into ore deposits where they react with the uranium ore. The fluids are then pumped back to the surface, bringing uranium up in solution for further processing.71,72 As of 2018, two new uranium in-situ leaching plants, with a combined capacity of 2 million pounds per year, had been partially permitted and licensed in New Mexico's San Juan Basin.73
All of New Mexico's new and planned electricity generating capacity will use renewable energy or natural gas.74 New Mexico has recognized an economic interest in selling more electricity to other states, particularly electricity generated from its renewable resources.75 Projects under way to move those electricity supplies include new transmission lines that take advantage of the state's location at the edge of the three U.S. electrical grids—the Eastern, Western and Texas Interconnections—and of the Four Corners power trading hub, located at the Four Corners coal complex in northwestern New Mexico.76,77,78 Transmission projects include the Lucky Corridor and the Western Spirit Clean Line, which are designed to allow delivery of electricity generated from renewable resources to New Mexico consumers and to those in other western states.79,80 New Mexico is also home to a significant portion of the SunZia Project, a 520-mile transmission corridor designed to transport electricity generated from wind and solar energy to western power markets. The SunZia Project is expected to be in service by 2024.81 Another project, the Southline Transmission Project, is in development. It will add new and update existing transmission lines across southern New Mexico and Arizona.82
Electricity consumption in New Mexico is fairly evenly distributed among the commercial, industrial, and residential sectors, with the commercial sector using the most electricity.83 One in five New Mexico households use electricity as the primary source for home heating.84 New Mexico uses less electricity per capita than two-thirds of the states. Because New Mexico consumes less electricity than it produces, the state is a net supplier of electricity to neighboring states.85,86
Renewable energy
New Mexico has substantial renewable resources, particularly from wind and solar energy.87,88 There is significant wind energy potential on the high plains in the eastern half of the state.89 In 2018, wind energy contributed almost 19% of New Mexico's electricity generation.90 By late 2019, the state had more than 2,000 megawatts of installed electricity generating capacity from more than 1,100 wind turbines.91,92 Construction of the largest wind farm in the state began in December 2019. That 522-megawatt wind farm in eastern New Mexico is expected to be operational in late 2020.93
New Mexico's climate is typified by abundant sunshine, and the state is one of the top three in the nation with the best solar energy resources.94,95 Utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) facilities, those with capacities greater than one megawatt, provided 4% of the state's generation in 2018, and small-scale, customer-sited solar PV resources supplied about 1%. New Mexico does not have any solar thermal electricity generation, but the Sandia National Laboratories, headquartered in Albuquerque, is the home of the National Solar Thermal Testing Facility, which provides data for the design, construction, and operation of components used in solar thermal power plants that concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.96,97
Biomass is only a minor contributor to New Mexico's net generation, but more than 6% of households heat with wood.98,99 The state has two wood pellet manufacturing plants that produce pellets from sawmill waste and other wood by-products for heating and power generation. A third pellet plant is in development.100,101
New Mexico has the nation's sixth-largest geothermal potential, most of which is in the southwestern and north-central parts of the state.102 Geothermal energy has many direct use applications. It is used for greenhouse agriculture in New Mexico, much of it for the state's famed green chilies, and for aquaculture. Geothermal energy also is used for space heating, district heating, and spas.103 In December 2013, New Mexico's first and only utility-scale geothermal power plant came online with a 4-megawatt power plant located in southwestern New Mexico. In 2018, a new generating unit was added that increased the plant's nameplate capacity to about 19 megawatts.104
Recent legislation has increased New Mexico's renewable energy goals. The existing New Mexico renewable portfolio standard (RPS) had required investor-owned electric utilities to acquire 20% of electricity sold in-state from renewable energy sources by 2020. Rural electric cooperatives were required to obtain 10% of their sales from renewable sources by 2020.105 In 2019, the state enacted a law that increased the goals to 50% by 2030, 80% by 2040, and 100% by 2045 for investor-owned utilities. Rural electric cooperatives have until 2050 to reach 100%.106 New Mexico also has regulatory and financial policies that favor renewable energy. They include net metering, solar easements, interconnection standards, and financial incentives.107
Energy on tribal lands
New Mexico is home to 23 federally recognized Native American tribes, and tribal lands cover more than one-tenth of the state, giving New Mexico the third-largest tribal acreage—after Alaska and Arizona—among all states.108,109 Two of New Mexico's largest reservations—the Navajo Reservation and the Jicarilla Apache Reservation—are in the oil and gas-rich Four Corners region of northwestern New Mexico.110 The Jicarilla Apache Nation's reservation is on the east flank of the San Juan Basin—a prolific hydrocarbon-producing area in the Four Corners region—making the tribe the second-largest mineral rights owner in the basin, after the federal government. The reservation has within its boundaries several oil and gas fields.111 The Navajo Nation, whose reservation is in portions of three states, has oil and gas operations on its lands in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico and several fields in southeastern Utah and owns and operates a crude oil pipeline between New Mexico and Utah.112 The Navajo Nation also owns the Navajo coal mine located on reservation land in New Mexico. The mine is the source of the coal used by the Four Corners Generating Station, the largest power plant in New Mexico, which is also on the reservation.113,114 In 2018, the Navajo Nation expanded its holdings and acquired an interest in the Four Corners Generating Station.115
All of New Mexico's reservations have some renewable energy resources, including solar, wind, and geothermal energy.116 In the past decade, the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded grants for more than a half dozen projects on tribal lands in New Mexico, almost all of which use solar energy.117 In late 2017, the Picuris Pueblo of New Mexico completed a 1-megawatt community solar PV array that offsets 100% of the cost of the energy currently used by the tribal buildings and residences on the Picuris trust land.118 In 2018, the Pueblo began developing a second 1-megawatt generating system in the northern part of the state.119 Several tribes have explored the use of small-scale, customer-sited solar PV panels. In 2015, the Santo Domingo Tribe received a grant to install a 115-kilowatt PV system to power the tribe's community water pump and water treatment facility.120 The project was completed in 2017.121 Although almost all reservations in the state have some geothermal resource potential, there is no development of geothermal-powered electricity generation on tribal lands.122,123 New Mexico's greatest wind energy resources are in the east, and most of the state's tribal lands are in western New Mexico, but several ridges on the state's reservations also have some wind energy potential.124,125 New Mexico tribes have biomass resources as well. The state is among the nation's top 10 with the largest concentration of tribal forests.126
Endnotes
1 NETSTATE, The Geography of New Mexico, updated February 25, 2016.
2 U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Earth Observatory, Mesas and Mountains of Western New Mexico, accessed January 21, 2020.
3 U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Crude Oil Proved Reserves, Reserves Changes, and Production, Proved reserves as of December 31, 2018.
4 U.S. EIA, Natural Gas Reserves Summary as of December 31, 2018.
5 U.S. EIA, Annual Coal Report 2018 (October 2019), Table 14, Recoverable Coal Reserves at Producing Mines by State, 2018 and 2017.
6 National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Geospatial Data Science, Solar Maps, accessed January 21, 2020.
7 Uranium Producers of America, Uranium in America, Uranium in New Mexico, accessed January 21, 2020.
8 U.S. EIA, New Mexico, Rankings: Total Energy Production, 2017.
9 Western Regional Climate Center, Climate of New Mexico, accessed January 21, 2020.
10 U.S. Census Bureau, Data, State Population Totals and Components of Change: 2010-2019, Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019 (NST-EST2019-01).
11 U.S. Census Bureau, Data, 2010 Census: Population Density Data (Text Version).
12 U.S. Census Bureau, Quick Facts, New Mexico; Albuquerque (city), New Mexico; United States, Population estimates July 1, 2019.
13 U.S. Census Bureau, Quick Facts, New Mexico, Map, Population per square mile, 2010, New Mexico, Counties.
14 U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table C13, Energy Consumption Estimates per Capita by End-Use Sector, Ranked by State, 2017.
15 U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table C10, Energy Consumption Estimates by End-Use Sector, Ranked by State, 2017.
16 U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Interactive Data, Regional Data, GDP and Personal Income, Annual Gross Domestic Product by State, Current Dollars, New Mexico, All Statistics in Table, 2018.
17 Maverick, J. B., "New Mexico: 7 Industries for Economic Growth," Investopedia (October 6, 2018).
18 U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table C12, Total Energy Consumption Estimates, Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Energy Consumption Estimates per Real Dollar of GDP, Ranked by State, 2017.
19 U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table C13, Energy Consumption Estimates per Capita by End-Use Sector, Ranked by State, 2017.
20 U.S. EIA, U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Proved Reserves, Year-end 2018, Table 6, Crude Oil and Lease Condensate Proved Reserves, Reserves Changes, and Production, 2018.
21 U.S. EIA, Crude Oil Production, Annual, 2018.
22 U.S. EIA, "Permian region is expected to drive U.S. crude oil production growth through 2019," Today in Energy (August 23, 2018).
23 DiChristopher, Tom, "The Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico will soon become the third-biggest oil producing region in the world: IHS Markit," CNBC (June 13, 2018).
24 U.S. EIA, "Six formations are responsible for surge in Permian Basin crude oil production," Today in Energy (July 9, 2014).
25 U.S. EIA, New Mexico Field Production of Crude Oil, Annual, Thousand Barrels per Day, 1981-2018.
26 U.S. EIA, New Mexico Field Production of Crude Oil, Monthly, Thousand Barrels per Day, January 1981-October 2019.
27 U.S. EIA, "Permian region crude oil prices have increased with additional pipeline takeaway capacity," Today in Energy (March 26, 2019).
28 U.S. EIA, Refinery Capacity Report (June 2019), Table 3, Capacity of Operable Petroleum Refineries by State as of January 1, 2018, p. 14.
29 Marathon, Gallup Refinery, accessed January 23, 2020.
30 HollyFrontier, Navajo Refinery, accessed January 23, 2020.
31 U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table F15, Total Petroleum Consumption Estimates, 2017.
32 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, State Winter Oxygenated Fuel Program Requirements for Attainment or Maintenance of CO NAAQS, EPA-420-B-03-003, October 2001.
33 Larson, B. K., U.S. Gasoline Requirements, As of January 2018, ExxonMobil (January 2018).
34 U.S. EIA, Table F25, Fuel ethanol consumption estimates, 2017.
35 U.S. EIA, U.S. Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity, XLS, U.S. Nameplate Fuel Ethanol Production Capacity, January 2019.
36 U.S. EIA, Movements by Pipeline, Tanker, Barge and Rail between PAD Districts, Fuel Ethanol, Annual, 2018.
37 U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table F16, Total Petroleum Consumption Estimates, 2017.
38 U.S. Census Bureau, American FactFinder, New Mexico, Table B25040, Home Heating Fuel, 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates.
39 U.S. EIA, U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Proved Reserves, Year-end 2018, Table 10, Total natural gas proved reserves, reserves changes, and production, wet after lease separation, 2018.
40 U.S. EIA, Natural Gas Gross Withdrawals and Production, Gross Withdrawals, Annual, 2018.
41 U.S. EIA, Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields (March 2015), Table 2, Top 100 U.S. gas fields as of December 31, 2013.
42 NGI's Shale Daily, Information on the San Juan Basin, accessed January 23, 2020.
43 U.S. EIA, New Mexico Natural Gas Gross Withdrawals from Shale Gas, 2007-18.
44 U.S. EIA, Natural Gas Gross Withdrawals and Production, New Mexico, Annual, 2013-18.
45 U.S. EIA, New Mexico Natural Gas Gross Withdrawals Coalbed Wells, 2002-18.
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Other Resources
Energy-Related Regions and Organizations
- Coal Region: Western
- Petroleum Administration for Defense District (PADD): 3
- North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Regional Entity: Southwest Power Pool, Inc (SPP), Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC)
- Regional Transmission Organization (RTO)/Independent System Operator (ISO): Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
Other Websites
- New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
- New Mexico State Lands Office
- New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, Energy Conservation and Management Division
- New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority
- NM Energy Smart
- Western Regional Partnership (WRP)
- New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, Oil Conservation Division
- New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, Mining and Minerals Division, Coal Mine Reclamation Program
- New Mexico Environment Department
- New Mexico Indian Affairs Department
- EIA New Mexico Flickr Album
- Alternative Fuels Data Center, Federal and State Laws and Incentives
- Benefits.Gov, Housing and Public Utilities
- NC Clean Technology Center, Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE)
- National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
- National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO)
- National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), Energy
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Geospatial Data Science
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Publications
- Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission
- Western Interstate Energy Board
- Western Area Power Administration
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
- U.S. Geological Survey, Maps
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Energy Flow Charts
- U.S. Department of Energy, State and Local Energy Data (SLED)
- NREL, Tribal Energy Atlas
- Bureau of Land Management, Renewable Energy
- U.S. Department of Energy, Indian Energy Policy and Programs
- EIA Natural Gas Storage Dashboard
