New Mexico § 70-6-1 Public interest and welfare

New Mexico Statutes

§ 70-6-1 — Public interest and welfare

New Mexico § 70-6-1

Ch. 70Oil and Gas

Art. 6Underground Storage of Natural Gas

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 70-6-1 (2026).

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The underground storage of natural gas which promotes conservation thereof, which permits the building of reserves for orderly withdrawal in periods of peak demand, which makes more readily available our natural gas resources to the domestic, commercial and industrial consumers of this state, and which provides a better year-round market to the various gas fields, is hereby declared to be in the public interest and welfare of this state and the citizens hereof.

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The underground storage of natural gas which promotes conservation thereof, which permits the building of reserves for orderly withdrawal in periods of peak demand, which makes more readily available our natural gas resources to the domestic, commercial and industrial consumers of this state, and which provides a better year-round market to the various gas fields, is hereby declared to be in the public interest and welfare of this state and the citizens hereof.