OCD Permitting

PRELIMINARY DOCKET: Special Examiner's Hearing set for December 17, 2024

For hearings by affidavit: presenting parties are required to submit a pre-hearing statement no later than the Thursday before the hearing. The pre-hearing statement shall include: 1) a list of disputed facts and issues; 2) identification of witnesses and their qualifications; and 3) all exhibits and written testimony a party intends to enter into evidence at the hearing and a full narrative for each.

For contested matters: pre-hearing statements shall be filed no later than 9:00 a.m., 4 business days prior to the hearing and in addition to the requirements of 19.15.4.13.B(1) NMAC, shall include: all evidentiary exhibits, documents, affidavits, and full-written testimony of any witness a party offers at the hearing. Exhibits must be sequentially marked on every page.

Failure to timely file a complete pre-hearing statement may cause the Hearing Examiner to continue the hearing and/or impose sanctions up to and including the exclusion of late-filed evidence. Evidentiary objections must be filed no later than 48 hours before the hearing. Rulings on the objections will be addressed as a preliminary matter when the case is called.

If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in a hearing, contact Freya.Tschantz@emnrd.nm.gov, or the New Mexico Relay Network at 1-800-659-1779, no later than 10 days prior to the hearing.

NOTICE: The hearing examiner may call the following cases in any order at their discretion.

Case No. Description
1. 24845 Application of Mewbourne Oil Company for Compulsory Pooling, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order pooling all uncommitted mineral owners in the Bone Spring formation underlying a standard 315-acre, more or less, horizontal well spacing unit comprised of the Lots 1-4 (W2W2 equivalent) of irregular Sections 7 and 18, Township 20 South, Range 36 East, NMPM, Lea County, New Mexico. Said unit will be initially dedicated to the proposed Goat Rope 18/7 State Com 521H well to be horizontally drilled from a surface location in the NW4 of Section 19, with a first take point in Lot 4 (SW4SW4 equivalent) of irregular Section 18 and a last take point in Lot 1 (NW4NW4 equivalent) of irregular Section 7. Also, to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the well and the allocation of the cost thereof, actual operating costs and charges for supervision, designation of Applicant as operator of the well, and a 200% charge for risk involved in drilling the well. The subject area is located approximately 15 miles southwest of Hobbs, New Mexico.
2. 24846 Application of Mewbourne Oil Company for Compulsory Pooling, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order pooling all uncommitted mineral owners in the Bone Spring formation underlying a standard 320-acre, more or less, horizontal well spacing unit comprised of the E2W2 of Sections 7 and 18, Township 20 South, Range 36 East, NMPM, Lea County, New Mexico. Said unit will be initially dedicated to the proposed Goat Rope 18/7 State Com 523H well to be horizontally drilled from a surface location in the NW4 of Section 19, with a first take point in SE4SW4 (Unit N) of Section 18 and a last take point in NE4NW4 (Unit C) of Section 7. Also, to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the well and the allocation of the cost thereof, actual operating costs and charges for supervision, designation of Applicant as operator of the well, and a 200% charge for risk involved in drilling the well. The subject area is located approximately 15 miles southwest of Hobbs, New Mexico.
3. 24847 Application of Mewbourne Oil Company for Compulsory Pooling, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order pooling all uncommitted mineral owners in the Bone Spring formation underlying a standard 320-acre, more or less, horizontal well spacing unit comprised of the W2E2 of Sections 7 and 18, Township 20 South, Range 36 East, NMPM, Lea County, New Mexico. Said unit will be initially dedicated to the proposed Goat Rope 18/7 State Com 525H well to be horizontally drilled from a surface location in the NE4 of Section 19, with a first take point in SW4SE4 (Unit O) of Section 18 and a last take point in NW4NE4 (Unit B) of Section 7. Also, to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the well and the allocation of the cost thereof, actual operating costs and charges for supervision, designation of Applicant as operator of the well, and a 200% charge for risk involved in drilling the well. The subject area is located approximately 15 miles southwest of Hobbs, New Mexico.

4. 24848 Application of Mewbourne Oil Company for Compulsory Pooling, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order pooling all uncommitted mineral owners in the Bone Spring formation underlying a standard 320-acre, more or less, horizontal well spacing unit comprised of the E2E2 of Sections 7 and 18, Township 20 South, Range 36 East, NMPM, Lea County, New Mexico. Said unit will be initially dedicated to the proposed Goat Rope 18/7 State Com 527H well to be horizontally drilled from a surface location in the NE4 of Section 19, with a first take point in SE4SE4 (Unit P) of Section 18 and a last take point in NE4NE4 (Unit A) of Section 7. Also, to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the well and the allocation of the cost thereof, actual operating costs and charges for supervision, designation of Applicant as operator of the well, and a 200% charge for risk involved in drilling the well. The subject area is located approximately 15 miles southwest of Hobbs, New Mexico
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