Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that Lea County was the No. 2 oil-producing county in January behind North Dakota’s McKenzie County, The Hobbs News-Sun report ed. HOBBS, N.M. - Two New Mexico counties remain among the top oil-producing counties in the U.S., according to new federal numbers. Lea County had more than twice the number of operating rigs as McKenzie County. It really reflects not only how much oil production there is, but how much growth there has been in oil production to move up the chart as fast as Lea County has.”Meanwhile, New Mexico’s Eddy County was listed as the No.

Source: thestar May 19, 2019 00:33 UTC