The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the oil boom in southeastern New Mexico still going strong and money from oil and gas revenues continuing to gush into state government’s coffers.
Smith told an interim legislative subcommittee on transportation that a windfall of $1.1 billion to $1.3 billion will occur unless the international scene changes and the revenues fall.
Crude oil prices dipped earlier this week to less than $50 a barrel, partly credited to fears of a trade war with China.
But oil prices rallied late in the week to more than $52 a barrel.