PRELIMINARY DOCKET:
Special Examiner's Hearing for March 5, 2024
Applications for hearing shall be filed at least thirty (30) days in advance of the hearing date.
A party who intends to present evidence shall file a pre-hearing statement no later than the close of
business on the Thursday prior to the hearing date and serve a copy on the other parties, if any. The
hearing examiner will dismiss the application if the applicant does not file and serve a pre-hearing
statement as specified above. A party desiring to use projection equipment at the hearing shall contact
Florene Davidson, OCD Clerk, no later than seven (7) business days prior to the hearing.
NOTICE: The hearing examiner may call the following cases in any order in his or her discretion.
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24095
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Application of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. for Compulsory Pooling, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order pooling all uncommitted mineral owners in a portion of the Bone Spring formation, from beneath the base of the First Bone Spring to the base of the Bone Spring formation, underlying a standard 640-acre, more or less, horizontal well spacing unit comprised of the E/2 of Section 5, Township 24 South, Range 29 East, and the E/2 of Section 32, Township 23 South, Range 29 East, NMPM, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant seeks to initially dedicate the above-referenced horizontal well spacing unit to the following proposed wells to be horizontally drilled from a common surface location in the NE/4 of Section 8, Township 24 South, Range 29 East:
• CB SE 5 32 Federal Com 201H and CB SE 5 32 Federal Com 202H, with first take points in the SW/4 SE/4 (Unit O) of Section 5 and last take points in the NW/4NE/4 (Unit B) of Section 32; and
• CB SE 5 32 Federal Com 203H and CB SE 5 32 Federal Com 251H, with first take points in the SE/4 SE/4 (Unit P) of Section 5 and last take points in the NE/4 NE/4 (Unit A) of Section 32.
The completed interval of the proposed CB SE 5 32 Federal Com 202H well is expected to remain within 330 feet of the offsetting quarter-quarter sections or equivalent tracts to include them within this proposed spacing unit under 19.15.16.15.B(1)(b) NMAC. Also, to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the wells, the allocation of the cost thereof, the actual operating costs and charges for supervision, the designation of applicant as operator, and the imposition of 200% charge for risk involved in drilling and completing each well. Said area is located approximately 5 miles northeast of Malaga, New Mexico.
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24015
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Application of Mewbourne Oil Company for Approval of a Non-Standard, Overlapping 640-acre Horizontal Well Spacing Unit and Compulsory Pooling, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order (a) approving a non-standard, overlapping 640-acre, more or less, horizontal well spacing unit in the Bone Spring formation underlying the S2 of Section 1, Township 19 South, Range 30 East, and the S2 of Section 6, Township 19 South, Range 31 East, NMPM, Eddy County, New Mexico, and (b) pooling all uncommitted interests in this acreage. This spacing unit will be initially dedicated to the proposed Tin Man 1/6 Fed Com 616H and the Tin Man 1/6 Fed Com 618H wells to be horizontally drilled from a common surface location in the NW4 of Section 12, Township 19 South, Range 30 East, to bottom hole locations in the NE4SE4 (Unit I) and the SE4SE4 (Unit P) of Section 6, Township 19 South, Range 31 East. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the wells and the allocation of the costs thereof, the operating costs and charges for supervision, the designation of applicant as operator of the proposed spacing unit, and a 200% charge for risk involved in drilling said wells. Said area is located approximately 10 miles south of Loco Hills, New Mexico.
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