I am very proud of your son also!!! Why doesn’t he relocate to NM???
My son’s company has an office and shop in Odessa, TX, plus my son lives in the “man camp” in Odessa. It’s part of his job to drive a hundred miles to the new oil wells to cap them and then drive back to Odessa.
Look at the map below. The Permian Basin goes from Midland-Odessa, TX to Carlsbad, NM.
https://www.britannica.com/place/Permian-Basin