N.M. Admin. Code § 19.15.16.18 - WELL AND LEASE EQUIPMENT

A. The operator shall install and maintain christmas tree fittings or wellhead connections in first class condition so that necessary pressure tests may easily be made on flowing wells. On oil wells the christmas tree fittings shall have a test pressure rating at least equivalent to the calculated or known pressure in the reservoir from which production is expected. On gas wells the christmas tree fittings shall have a test pressure equivalent to at least 150 percent of the calculated or known pressure in the reservoir from which production is expected.

B. The operator shall install and maintain valves in good working order to permit pressures to be obtained on both casing and tubing. The operator shall equip each flowing well to control properly the flowing of each well, and in case of an oil well, produce the well into an oil and gas separator of a type the industry generally uses.

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N.M. Admin. Code § 19.15.16.18

19.15.16.18 NMAC - Rp, 19.15.3.117 NMAC, 12/1/08; 19.15.16.18 NMAC - Rn, 19.15.16.17 NMAC, 2/15/12