Mealey's (August 17, 2022, 10:59 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The New Mexico Oil & Gas Association (NMOGA) on Aug. 15 moved in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to intervene in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) brought by environmental groups that challenge the DOI’s approval of 3,535 applications for permit for drill (APDs) for hydraulic fracturing on grounds that the permits in question are held by NMOGA’s members and, therefore, the case affects the companies’ abilities to develop “valid existing leases and real property interests.”...