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New Geothermal Leasing Rule on State Trust Lands

Sector: Geothermal • Location: New Mexico, United States

Source: ThinkGeoEnergy

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Planned

The New Mexico State Land Office has published a new rule that standardizes and modernizes the process for issuing and managing geothermal leases on state trust lands. The rule introduces a two-stage leasing structure with due diligence and long-term production leases, competitive bidding for production leases, and a limit on acreage per lessee. It aims to support the development of New Mexico's s

Status
Prospective
Sector
Geothermal, Commercial, Residential
Location
New Mexico, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
ThinkGeoEnergy

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The project “New Geothermal Leasing Rule on State Trust Lands” is an infrastructure initiative in the Geothermal sector, located in New Mexico, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from ThinkGeoEnergy.

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2026-07-22

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The New Mexico State Land Office has published a new rule that standardizes and modernizes the process for issuing and managing geothermal leases on state trust lands. The rule introduces a two-stage leasing structure with due diligence and long-term production leases, competitive bidding for production leases, and a limit on acreage per lessee. It aims to support the development of New Mexico's substantial geothermal potential.

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United States of America (USA)

State

New Mexico

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Geothermal, Commercial, Residential

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2026-05-02

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