N.M. Admin. Code § 19.2.100.52 - FORCED POOLING - OIL CONSERVATION DIVISION ORDER

A. The record owner or operator of all oil and gas leases covering the state owned lands forced pooled by order of the New Mexico oil conservation division, either under Section 70-2-17 NMSA 1978 (gas proration unit) or under Section 70-7-1 NMSA 1978 (statutory unitization act for secondary recovery), shall file with the commissioner the following information:

(1) one copy of application for hearing for forced pooling at least ten days prior to date set for hearing;

(2) state lease number, record owner and legal description of all state lands forced pooled;

(3) oil conservation division order number and date;

(4) legal description and type (federal, fee, or Indian) of all lands included in forced pooling order;

(5) location, formation, and depth of well;

(6) oil conservation division approved copies of forms numbered C-101, C-102, C-103, C-104 and C-105. These are to be filed at same time as filed with oil conservation division;

(7) date production commenced; and

(8) a copy of the agreement for unit operations involving state lands approved in writing by the oil conservation division, and signed by parties required by the agreement to initially pay at least seventy-five percent of unit operating costs, and by owners of at least seventy-five percent of the non-cost bearing interests such as royalties, overriding royalties and production payments.

B. This rule has no application to a situation wherein all parties have voluntarily executed a communitization agreement covering all lands in a proration unit or a secondary recovery unit and such agreement has been approved by the commissioner.

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N.M. Admin. Code § 19.2.100.52

19.2.100.52 NMAC - Rn, SLO Rule 1, Section 1.052, 12/13/2002, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVII, Issue 12, June 30, 2016, eff. 6/30/2016