Read & Stevens, Inc. is a privately held company engaged in energy development amd management in the Permian Basin of Southeast New Mexico and West Texas.  Read & Stevens, Inc. represents a diversified group of knowledgable, experienced, motivated, and professional energy managers. Our company has been in business since 1963 and our current management team is dedicated to continuing in our successful traditions.  R&S has ranked in the top 50 of 635 operators of oil leases in the State of New Mexico for the past 15 years. R & S presently operates over 200 wells and owns royalty and working interests predominately in the State of New Mexico and West Texas of the Permian Basin.  Our company takes a highly professional and personal approach to acquiring, developing, and managing energy assets. Our direct ownership and management of our assets maximizes economic return on capital invested with our company.