PRELIMINARY DOCKET:
[VACATED] Special OCD Examiner's Hearing set for March 24, 2026
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.
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Application of Flat Creek Resources, LLC for Compulsory Pooling, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order from the Division pooling all uncommitted mineral interests in the Bone Spring formation (WILLOW LAKE; BONE SPRING, WEST [96415]) in a non-standard 640-acre, more or less, horizontal spacing and proration unit (“HSU”) comprised of the N/2 of Sections 22 and 23, Township 24 South, Range 26 East, in Eddy County, New Mexico, or in the alternative, a non-standard 560-acre, more or less, HSU, comprised of the N/2 N/2 of Section 22 and the N/2 NW/4 of Section 23, and the S/2 N/2 of Sections 22 and 23, Township 24 South, Range 26 East, in Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant proposes to drill the following wells in the HSU: Jurnegan Fed Com BS2 #1H well, to be horizontally drilled from a surface hole location approximately 948’ FNL and 713’ FWL of Section 22, T24S-R26E to a bottom hole location approximately 421’ FNL and 100’ FEL of Section 23, T24S-R26E or, in the alternative, from a surface hole location approximately 948’ FNL and 713’ FWL of Section 22, T24S-R26E to a bottom hole location approximately 421’ FNL and 2,607’ FWL of Section 22, T24S-R26E to a bottom hole location approximately 440’ FNL and 2,540’ FWL of Section 23, T24S-R26E; and Jurnegan Fed Com BS2 #2H well, to be horizontally drilled from a surface hole location approximately 978’ FNL and 713’ FWL of Section 22, T24S-26E to a bottom hole location approximately 1,870’ FNL and 15’ FEL of Section 23, T24S-R26E. The completed intervals and first and last take points will meet statewide setback requirements for horizontal oil wells. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the well and the allocation of the costs, the designation of Applicant as Operator of the well, and a 200% charge for the risk involved in drilling and completing the well. The wells and land are approximately 5 miles North East of Whites City, New Mexico.
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