b'NEVADA NEW MEXICO Petroleum Marketers Association Report 2023 WPMA State ReportPetroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association ReportAs the leaves are changing and winteracquiring Mobil two decades ago. This will create approachingin New Mexico our political a colossal fracking operator in the Permian Basin. landscape seems to be on a merry-go-round ofAs the world looks to transition and find lower changes. With the resignation over the past few months from some of New Mexicos senior sources of affordable energy with lower emis-legislators there is a lot of strategy developing tosions, fossil fuels oil and gas are going to win those seats. There will be a lot of shufflingcontinue to play a roll over time, Exxon Mobil from House members running for open or resignedCEO Darren Woods said during an interview with seats in the Senate. CNBC. That may diminish with time. The rate of that is . not very clear at this stage. But it will Leland Gould NMPMA New Mexico be around for a long time.Executive Director Senior State Senators resign: Woods explained that Exxon and Pioneer willEffective October 25thSenator Stuart Ingle,be able to use their combined capabilities toR-Portales, representing five counties in Districtdrive down emissions and produce lower carbon 27, Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Lea and Roosevelt,intensity oil and gas.resigned. He had served since 1985. Ingle was theNew Mexico States Fleet to be 100% electric former Minority Leader in the Senate. by 2035: Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said Effective August 1st, Senator Gay Kernan resignedall state government agencies will move their fleets from the New Mexico Senate. Senator Kernanto 100% electric by 2035 through an executive had been in the Senate since 2002 and representedorder. She also said her office plans to promote district 42. legislation next session aimed at offering robust electric vehicle tax credits in the state.Senator Cliff Pirtle, representing district 32, willWnot seek re-election. Senator Pirtle has been in thee have to think about ways to create opportunitiesSenate since 2013. for the folks selling those vehicles, whether thats a dealer or an individual. And we have to think We understand there will be other legislators about ways to make sure that individuals have ac-either resigning or not seeking re-election beforecess to that marketplace, but also that theyve got the 2024 filing deadline. opportunities to do the charging right at their own News Around New Mexico: homes; those things have to all be connected.Company Eyes Southwest NM for LithiumNew Mexico Left out of Hydrogen HubProduction: Southwest New Mexicos PlayaFunding: The White House announced $7 billion Lakes could play a key role in the energy transitionin funding for seven regional hydrogen hubs as a key source of lithium. Lancaster Resources, aacross the nation, none of which include New company based in Canada, is hoping to cash in onMexico or the other three Rocky Mountain States that opportunity and has acquired the Alkali Flatthat jointly competed for grant awards.Lithium Brine Project located in Hidalgo CountyNew Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, near Lordsburg. which formed the Western Inter-State Hydrogen In September, the company submitted applicationsHub, or WISHH coalition, last year had jointly to the states Energy, Minerals and Natural Re- applied for $1.25 billion in federal awards to help sources Department and the U.S. Bureau of Landfinance eight different hydrogen projects in the Management for a permit to drill these wells. region, including four in New Mexico.New Mexico Loses a Senior Statesman: For- The U.S. Department of Energy is administrating mer Governor, Congressman and Ambassador toa total of $8 billion in funding for hydrogen-hub the United Nations, Bill Richardson, died in hisdevelopment projects, which was included in the sleep on September 1st at his home in Massachusettsfederal Infrastructure Act approved in 2021.at the age of 75. He was the 30th Governor of NM. Protesters Gathered Outside of EnergyExxon Mobil to Purchase Pioneer, Expand- Conference, New Mexicos first-ever comprehen-ing in the Permian Basin: Exxon Mobil willsive conference on Building an Advanced Energy purchase Pioneer Natural Resources in an all-stockEcosystem in New Mexico. It brought together deal valued at $59.5 billion, its largest buyout sincescientists, researchers, and energy industry rep-WPMA News / Winter 202329'