OCD Permitting

PRELIMINARY DOCKET: Special Examiner's Hearing set for June 25, 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.

Case No. Description
1. 23823 Application of Texas Standard Operating NM LLC for compulsory pooling, Lea County, New Mexico. Texas Standard Operating NM LLC seeks an order pooling all uncommitted mineral interest owners in the Upper Penn Shale formation underlying a horizontal spacing unit comprised of the W/2SE/4 of Section 11, W/2E/2 of Section 14, and W/2NE/4 of Section 23, Township 17 South, Range 36 East, N.M.P.M. The unit will be dedicated to the Lap Dog State Well Nos. 1H and 2H, which have first take points in the SW/4NE/4 of Section 23 and last take points in the NW/4SE/4 of Section 11. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling, completing, testing, and equipping the wells and the allocation of the cost thereof, as well as actual operating costs and charges for supervision, designation of applicant as operator of the wells, and a 200% charge for the risk involved in drilling, completing, testing, and equipping the wells. The unit is located approximately 8 miles south-southeast of Lovington, New Mexico.
2. 23824 Application of Texas Standard Operating NM LLC for compulsory pooling, Lea County, New Mexico. Texas Standard Operating NM LLC seeks an order pooling all uncommitted mineral interest owners in the Upper Penn Shale formation underlying a horizontal spacing unit comprised of the E/2SE/4 of Section 11, E/2E/2 of Section 14, and E/2NE/4 of Section 23, Township 17 South, Range 36 East, N.M.P.M. The unit will be dedicated to the Lap Dog State Well Nos. 3H and 4H, which have first take points in the SE/4NE/4 of Section 23 and last take points in the NE/4SE/4 of Section 11. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling, completing, testing, and equipping the wells and the allocation of the cost thereof, as well as actual operating costs and charges for supervision, designation of applicant as operator of the wells, and a 200% charge for the risk involved in drilling, completing, testing, and equipping the wells. The unit is located approximately 8 miles south-southeast of Lovington, New Mexico.
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