Cimarex Energy is making contingency plans for permitting on federal lands in case there is a change in presidential administration, its top executive said Aug. 19. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Cimarex, which operates on acreage in the Permian Basin in West Texas/New Mexico, has 32 federal permits approved and “mostly ready to go,” company CEO Tom Jorden told the webcast Enercom Oil & Gas Conference. Existing federal permits are good for a two-year time frame, but about half the 32 approved permits will need extensions, he said. Cimarex also has 14 additional permits in progress that are expected to receive approval shortly. The company has West Texas properties mostly in Culberson, Reeves, Ward and […]