OCD Permitting

PRELIMINARY DOCKET: Special Examiner's Hearing set for October 28, 2025 [VIRTUAL]

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. 25567 Application of Permian Resources Operating, LLC for Compulsory Pooling, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant seeks an order pooling all uncommitted interests in the Wolfcamp formation underlying a 640-acre, more or less, standard horizontal spacing unit comprised of the N/2 of Sections 15 and 16, Township 21 South, Range 26 East, Eddy County, New Mexico (“Unit”). The Unit will be dedicated to the Safari 15 16 Fed Com 211H well (“Well”), which will produce from a first take point located in the NW/4 NW/4 (Unit D) of Section 16 to a last take point located in the NE/4 NE/4 (Unit A) of Section 15. The completed intervals of the Well will be orthodox. The completed interval of the Well will be located within 330’ of the quarter-quarter section line separating the N/2 N/2 and S/2 N/2 of Sections 15 and 16 to allow for the creation of a 640-acre standard horizontal spacing unit. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the Well and the allocation of the cost, the designation of Applicant as operator of the Well, and a 200% charge for the risk involved in drilling and completing the Well. The Well is located less than 1 mile northwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
2. 25568 Application of Permian Resources Operating, LLC for Compulsory Pooling, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant seeks an order pooling all uncommitted interests in the Bone Spring formation underlying a 640-acre, more or less, standard horizontal spacing unit comprised of the N/2 of Sections 15 and 16, Township 21 South, Range 26 East, Eddy County, New Mexico (“Unit”). The Unit will be dedicated to the Safari 15 16 Fed Com 121H well (“Well”), which will produce from a first take point located in the NW/4 NW/4 (Unit D) of Section 16 to a last take point located in the NE/4 NE/4 (Unit A) of Section 15. The completed intervals of the Well will be orthodox. The completed interval of the Well will be located within 330’ of the quarter-quarter section line separating the N/2 N/2 and S/2 N/2 of Sections 15 and 16 to allow for the creation of standard 640-acre horizontal spacing unit. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the Well and the allocation of the cost, the designation of Applicant as operator of the Well, and a 200% charge for the risk involved in drilling and completing the Well. The Well is located less than 1 mile northwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
3. 25569 Application of Permian Resources Operating, LLC for Compulsory Pooling, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant seeks an order pooling all uncommitted interests in the Wolfcamp formation underlying a 642.19-acre, more or less, standard horizontal spacing unit comprised of the S/2 of Sections 15 and 16, Township 21 South, Range 26 East, Eddy County, New Mexico (“Unit”). The Unit will be dedicated to the Safari 15 16 Fed Com 214H well (“Well”), which will produce from a first take point located in the SW/4 SW/4 (Unit M) of Section 16 to a last take point located in Lot 3 (the SE/4 SE/4 equivalent) of Section 15. The completed intervals of the Well will be orthodox. The completed interval of the Well will be located within 330’ of the quarter-quarter section line separating the N/2 S/2 and S/2 S/2 of Sections 15 and 16 to allow for the creation of a 642.19-acre standard horizontal spacing unit. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the Well and the allocation of the cost, the designation of Applicant as operator of the Well, and a 200% charge for the risk involved in drilling and completing the Well. The Well is located less than 1 mile northwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
4. 25570 Application of Permian Resources Operating, LLC for Compulsory Pooling, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant seeks an order pooling all uncommitted interests in the Bone Spring formation underlying a 642.19-acre, more or less, standard horizontal spacing unit comprised of the S/2 of Sections 15 and 16, Township 21 South, Range 26 East, Eddy County, New Mexico (“Unit”). The Unit will be dedicated to Safari 15 16 Fed Com 123H well (“Well”), which will produce from a first take point located in the NW/4 SW/4 (Unit L) of Section 16 to a last take point located in Lot 1 (the NE/4 SE/4 equivalent) of Section 15. The completed intervals of the Well will be orthodox. The completed interval of the Well will be located within 330’ of the quarter-quarter section line separating the N/2 S/2 and S/2 S/2 of Sections 15 and 16 to allow for the creation of a 642.19-acre standard horizontal spacing unit. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the Well and the allocation of the cost, the designation of Applicant as operator of the Well, and a 200% charge for the risk involved in drilling and completing the Well. The Well is located less than 1 mile northwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
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