OCD Permitting

PRELIMINARY DOCKET: Special Examiner's Hearing set for July 30, 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. 24284 Application of COG Operating LLC for Compulsory Pooling and Approval of Non-Standard Spacing Unit, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant seeks an order: (1) establishing an 1,894.72-acre, more or less, non-standard horizontal spacing unit comprised of Sections 18, 19, and 30, Township 23 South, Range 33 East, Lea County, New Mexico (“Unit”); and (2) pooling all uncommitted interests in the Wolfcamp formation underlying the Unit. Applicant seeks to dedicate the Unit to the following proposed wells (“Wells”):

Meat Lover Federal Com #601H well, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in Unit A (NE/4 NE/4) of Section 18 to a bottom hole location in Unit P (SE/4 SE/4) of Section 30;

Meat Lover Federal Com #602H well, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in Unit A (NE/4 NE/4) of Section 18 to a bottom hole location in Unit O (SW/4 SE/4) of Section 30;

Meat Lover Federal Com #603H well, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in Unit B (NW/4 NE/4) of Section 18 to a bottom hole location in Unit P (SE/4 SE/4) of Section 30;

Meat Lover Federal Com #605H well, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in Unit C (NE/4 NW/4) of Section 18 to a bottom hole location in Unit O (SW/4 SE/4) of Section 30;

Meat Lover Federal Com #606H well, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in Unit C (NE/4 NW/4) of Section 18 to a bottom hole location in Lot 4 (SW/4 SW/4 equivalent) of Section 30;

Meat Lover Federal Com #607H well, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in Lot 1 (NW/4 NW/4 equivalent) of Section 18 to a bottom hole location in Unit N (SE/4 SW/4) of Section 30; and

Meat Lover Federal Com #608H well, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in Lot 1 (NW/4 NW/4 equivalent) of Section 18 to a bottom hole location in Lot 4 (SW/4 SW/4 equivalent) of Section 30.

The completed intervals of the Wells will be orthodox. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the Wells and the allocation of the costs, the designation of Applicant as operator of the Wells, and a 200% charge for the risk involved in drilling and completing the Wells.

The Wells are located approximately 26 miles southeast of Eunice, New Mexico.
2. 24286 Application of COG Operating LLC for Compulsory Pooling and Approval of Non-Standard Spacing Unit, Eddy County, New Mexico. COG Operating LLC (“Applicant”) seeks an order: (1) establishing a 1,600-acre, more or less, non-standard horizontal spacing unit comprised of Sections 11, 14, and the N/2 of Section 23, Township 23 South, Range 30 East, Eddy County, New Mexico (“Unit”); and (2) pooling all uncommitted interests in the Wolfcamp formation underlying the Unit. Applicant seeks to dedicate the Unit to the following proposed wells (“Wells”): Thunderdome Federal Com #701H and Thunderdome Federal Com #702H, which will be drilled from surface hole locations in the NE/4 SW/4 (Unit K) of Section 23 to bottom hole locations in the NW/4 NW/4 (Unit D) of Section 11; Thunderdome Federal Com #703H, Thunderdome Federal Com #704H, and Thunderdome Federal Com #705H, which will be drilled from surface hole locations in the NE/4 SW/4 (Unit K) of Section 23 to bottom hole locations in the NE/4 NW/4 (Unit C) of Section 11; Thunderdome Federal Com #706H, Thunderdome Federal Com #707H, and Thunderdome Federal Com #708H, which will be drilled from surface hole locations in the NW/4 SE/4 (Unit J) of Section 23 to bottom hole locations in the NW/4 NE/4 (Unit B) of Section 11; and Thunderdome Federal Com #709H and Thunderdome Federal Com #710H, which will be drilled from surface hole locations in the NW/4 SE/4 (Unit J) of Section 23 to bottom hole locations in the NE/4 NE/4 (Unit A) of Section 11. The completed intervals of the Wells will be orthodox. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the Wells and the allocation of the costs, the designation of Applicant as operator of the Wells, and a 200% charge for the risk involved in drilling and completing the Wells. The Wells are located approximately 14.4 miles east of Loving, New Mexico.
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