EMNRD issues $2 million in civil penalties to Murchison Oil and Gas, LLC for environmental breach

Notice of violation involves two separate sites

SANTA FE, NM – Today, the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department’s (EMNRD) Oil Conservation Division (OCD) announced that it has issued a notice of violation (NOV) and proposed cumulative administrative civil penalties of $2,007,900. to Murchison Oil and Gas, LLC for failure to properly report and cleanup two produced water releases located at or near two separate well sites approximately 16 miles directly south of Carlsbad, NM.