Drilling Deep

In 2014, NASA announced they’d found that the largest plume of methane gas in North America was right here in New Mexico.At the time, scientists didn’t…

Away from any cities or streetlights, the nights here at Chaco Culture National Historic Park are dark. Looking up, it takes a little longer than usual to…

The Obama Administration recently proposed new standards that would reduce methane emissions from natural gas operations across the country, and…

There used to be big talk about a big boom coming to the San Juan Basin. Industry thought they’d sink 20,000 new oil wells. Companies wanted to take…

Thanks to technologies like hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, New Mexico is one of the top natural gas producers in the world – 27th according…

Last month, citizens, local officials and state regulators from New Mexico and Colorado gathered in Farmington, N.M. to learn more about the methane…

Laura Paskus is reporting our Drilling Deep series on oil and gas development in northwestern New Mexico.She's looking at issues surrounding flaring, the…

Scientists published a paper on methane levels across the globe last year—and their satellite images show the largest methane anomaly in the United States…

Inevitably, when talking about oil and gas development, the word fracking comes up in conversation.In the coming weeks, KUNM will be airing more feature…

When the US Bureau of Land Management's Farmington District Manager, Victoria Barr, came into the KUNM studio for the Call In Show, she brought a…