N.M. Admin. Code § 19.14.28.8 - DEVIATION TESTS AND DIRECTIONAL DRILLING
A. Any well which is deepened or drilled with
rotary tools shall be tested at reasonably frequent intervals to determine the
deviation from the vertical. Such tests shall be made at least each 500 feet or
at the first bit change succeeding 500 feet. A tabulation of all deviation
tests, sworn to and notarized, shall be filed with form G-105, geothermal
resources well log. When the deviation averages more than five degrees in any
500-foot interval, the division director may require that a directional survey
be run to establish the location of the producing interval(s).
B. The division director, at the request of
an offset operator, may require any operator to make a directional survey of
any well. Said directional survey and all associated costs shall be at the
expense of the requesting party and shall be secured in advance by a $5,000.00
indemnity bond posted with and approved by the division. The requesting party
may designate the well survey company, and said survey shall be witnessed by a
representative of the division.
C.
No well shall be intentionally deviated except toward the vertical without
prior permission from the division. Permission to deviate a well other than
toward the vertical shall be obtained on division form G-103 with copies of
said form G-103 being furnished to all other operators owning leases offsetting
the drilling tract, if any there be. Upon request of the division director any
well which was intentionally deviated shall be directionally surveyed. The
division may at its option witness such survey and the Santa Fe office shall be
notified of the date and hour all directional surveys are to be conducted. All
directional surveys run on any well which was intentionally deviated in any
manner for any reason must be filed with the division upon completion of the
well. Form G-104, certificate of compliance and authorization to produce
geothermal resources, will not be approved until the operator has submitted an
affidavit that all such directional surveys have been
filed.
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