still scratchin my head about New Mexico.
There's 60-day moratorium on new oil and natural gas leases and drilling permits on federal lands.
How does new affect existing operations?
This article doesn't use the word "new"...and if that's true then it is a problem.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-drilling-idUSKBN29Q1S5"Ameredev II, which produces about 10,000 barrels of oil per day in New Mexico’s Permian, also has federal drilling permits to last at least four years."