Adrian HeddenCarlsbad Current-Argus An oil and gas pipeline will run through a portion of Carlsbad, feeding into a 10-well drilling project on the western edge of the city. The Carlsbad City Council voted in June 2025 to approve the wells to be drilled by Permian Resources within the city and abutting Happy Valley, a community of about 600 just outside the city limits in Eddy County. Known as the Water Buffalo Project, the program sought to extr…