Cases Scheduled for
Commission Hearing for Thursday, February 9, 2023
Below is a preliminary list of cases scheduled to be heard at this OCC hearing. If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter,
or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing, please contact Sheila Apodaca at (505) 699-8358 or through the New Mexico Relay Network
at 1-800-659-1779, no later than seven (7) business days prior to the hearing.
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Application of Cimarex Energy Co. for Hearing De Novo of Case No. 21629. The New Mexico Oil Conservation Division issued Order No. R-21575 in Case No. 21629. Magnum Hunter Production, Inc., an affiliate of Cimarex Energy Co. (collectively referred to herein as “Cimarex”) owned a working interest in the unit pooled by Order No. R-21575, issued pursuant to a hearing held before the Division on January 7, 2021. Cimarex, a party of record adversely affected by Order No. R-21575, requests that the matter raised in this case be heard de novo before the Oil Conservation Commission pursuant to NMSA 1978, §70-2-13.
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Application of Cimarex Energy Co. for a Horizontal Spacing and Proration Unit and Compulsory Pooling, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order from the Division: (1) creating a standard 479.39-acre, more or less, horizontal spacing and proration unit comprised of the S/2 N/2 of Sections 2 and 1, Township 20 South, Range 29 East; and the S/2 N/2 of Section 6, Township 20 South, Range 30 East; NMPM, Eddy County, New Mexico, and (2) pooling all mineral interests in the Bone Spring formation underlying the unit. Said horizontal spacing unit is to be dedicated to the Crest 2-1-6 State Fed Com 2H Well, to be horizontally drilled from a surface location in the SW/4 NW/4 (Unit E) of Section 2 to a bottom hole location in the SE/4 NE/4 (Unit H) of Section 6. The completed interval and first take and last take point for the well meets the Division’s statewide setback requirements for horizontal oil wells. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the well and the allocation of the costs thereof; actual operating costs and charges for supervision; the designation of the Applicant as Operator of the well and unit; and a 200% charge for the risk involved in drilling and completing the well. The well and lands are located approximately 12 miles northeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
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Application of Cimarex Energy Co. for a Horizontal Spacing and Proration Unit and Compulsory Pooling, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order from the Division: (1) creating a standard 484.63-acre, more or less, horizontal spacing and proration unit comprised of the N/2 N/2 of Sections 2 and 1, Township 20 South, Range 29 East; and the N/2 N/2 of Section 6, Township 20 South, Range 30 East; NMPM, Eddy County, New Mexico, and (2) pooling all mineral interests in the Bone Spring formation underlying the unit. Said horizontal spacing unit is to be dedicated to the Crest 2-1-6 State Fed Com 1H Well, to be horizontally drilled from a surface location in SW/4 NW/4 (Unit E) of Section 2 to a bottom hole location in Lot 1 (aka NE/4 NE/4) of Section 6. The completed interval and first take and last take point for the well meets the Division’s statewide setback requirements for horizontal oil wells. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the well and the allocation of the costs thereof; actual operating costs and charges for supervision; the designation of the Applicant as Operator of the well and unit; and a 200% charge for the risk involved in drilling and completing the well. The well and lands are located approximately 12 miles northeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
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