Eddy County, New Mexico contracted Arrowhead Center at New Mexico State University to prepare a study of the impacts of Eddy County’s petroleum industry on New Mexico from 2012-2018. Eddy County is currently experiencing a tremendous oil boom. New technology advances and discoveries have made land in this area part of the most attractive oil play in the world. For the first time since 1973, the United States has become the top oil producing nation in the world, driven by oil production in the Permian Basin. Recent assessments of oil and gas reserves in the Delaware Basin near Carlsbad, New Mexico have reported the largest continuous oil and gas resources ever discovered. These new discoveries and subsequent drilling have produced many benefits - increased employment, economic output, and government revenue. The purpose of this impact study is to attempt to quantify and estimate the impact of Eddy County’s petroleum industry on New Mexico from 2012-2018.