Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham tells oil execs: We'll work with you

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham told an energy conference Tuesday that her administration aims to work with oil and gas on key issues, a message that appeared to delight industry representatives.

The governor assured a crowd of energy executives, lawmakers and others at the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association’s annual conference that state departments overseeing energy and the environment “will not be at cross-purposes” with the industry on issues such as methane emissions and produced water.

“They are very clear that they work for you, that this is a state that has an all-of-the-above energy investment, that we will solve problems together,” Lujan Grisham said. “And if that’s not occurring, I need to know about it, because that’s the expectation I have.”

The speech to hundreds of people in the Eldorado Hotel’s main ballroom came as Lujan Grisham has charged two state departments with developing a regulatory framework to reduce methane emissions by the oil and gas sector as part of a state goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at least 45 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.

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