The September 2018 sale of nearly $1 billion in federal oil and gas leases in southeast New Mexico has set off one of the greatest oil booms in American history and has overwhelmed everything from the region’s highway to its housing supply.
John L. Smith
John L. Smith is a longtime columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, frequent commentator on Nevada Public Radio, and freelance writer whose stories have appeared in Time, The Daily Beast, and Reuters, among other outlets. Now a New Mexico resident, he is the author of 15 books.