Believe it not, New Mexico is (was) the #4 oil producing state in the USA. In 2019, it was actually pumping more oil than Alaska.
A big section of the west Texas Permian Basin laps over the border into New Mexico.
Almost the entire N.M. field is tight shale and can be pumped only with fracking.
Biden plans to shut down all fracking on federal land, so the New Mexico state budget is in deep trouble.
They voted for it they own it let the state go bankrupt for all I care