PRELIMINARY DOCKET: Special OCD Examiners Docket set for June 2, 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.

	Case No.	Description
1.	25888	Application of Powderhorn Operating, LLC for Compulsory Pooling and Approval of Non-Standard Spacing Unit, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant applies for an order pooling all uncommitted interests in the Bone Spring formation underlying an 800-acre, more or less, non-standard horizontal spacing unit comprised of all of Section 20 and the E/2 E/2 of Section 19, Township 19 South, Range 30 East, Eddy County, New Mexico (“Unit”). The Unit will be dedicated to the following wells (“Wells”): Quail Dobbs Federal Com 201H (U-Turn) well, which will produce from a surface hole location in the SW/4 NW/4 of Section 21 to a bottom hole location in the SE/4 NE/4 (Unit H) of Section 20; and Quail Dobbs Federal Com 202H (U-Turn) well, which will produce from a surface hole location in the SW/4 NW/4 of Section 21 to a bottom hole location in the SE/4 SE/4 (Unit P) of Section 20. The completed intervals of the Wells will be orthodox. Applicant requests approval of a non-standard horizontal spacing unit pursuant to Rule 19.15.16.15(B)(5) NMAC, which will create cost efficiencies, prevent waste, and protect correlative rights. 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 the operator of the Wells, and a 200% charge for the risk involved in drilling and completing the Wells. The Wells are located approximately 20 miles northeast from Carlsbad, New Mexico.
2.	26096	Application of MRC Delaware Resources, LLC for Approval of a Standard Overlapping Horizontal Well Spacing Unit and Compulsory Pooling, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order (a) approving a standard 480-acre, more or less, overlapping horizontal well spacing unit in a portion of the Bone Spring formation, from the top of the Bone Spring formation to the base of First Bone Spring interval, underlying the SE/4 of Section 19 and the S/2 of Section 20, Township 19 South, Range 30 East, NMPM, Eddy County, New Mexico; and (b) pooling the uncommitted interest owners in this acreage. Applicant seeks to pool the uncommitted interest owners from the top of the Bone Spring formation to the base of the First Bone Spring interval at a stratigraphic equivalent of 7,595’ measured depth, as defined in the Antweil Anu Federal #001 (30-015-23561). Applicant seeks to initially dedicate the above-referenced spacing unit to the proposed Shoffner Fed Com 119H u-turn well, to be horizontally drilled from a surface location in the SW/4 SE/4 (Unit O) of Section 19, with a first take point in the SW/4 SE/4 (Unit O) of Section 19, and a last take point in the NW/4 SE/4 (Unit J) of Section 19. This proposed standard horizontal well spacing unit will overlap the following existing or proposed horizontal well spacing units in the Bone Spring formation: • An existing 160-acre, more or less, spacing unit comprised of the W/2 E/2 of Section 19, Township 19 South, Range 30 East, dedicated to the Antweil Anu Federal #003H well (API No. 30-015-40523), operated by EOG Resources, Inc. Also, to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the well and the allocation of the costs thereof, actual operating costs and charges for supervision, designation of Matador Production Company as operator of the proposed spacing unit, and a 200% charge for risk involved in drilling the proposed well. The subject area is located approximately 21 miles northeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
3.	26097	Application of MRC Delaware Resources, LLC for Compulsory Pooling, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order pooling the uncommitted interest owners in a standard 400-acre, more or less, overlapping horizontal well spacing unit in the Bone Spring formation underlying the E/2 SE/4 of Section 19 and the S/2 of Section 20, Township 19 South, Range 30 East, NMPM, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant seeks to pool the uncommitted interest owners from the base of the First Bone Spring interval at a stratigraphic equivalent of 7,595’ measured depth, as defined in the Antweil Anu Federal #001 (30-015-23561), to the base of the Second Bone Spring interval, at a stratigraphic equivalent of 8,408’ measured depth, as defined in the Antweil Anu Federal #001 (30-015-23561). Applicant seeks to initially dedicate the above-referenced spacing unit to the proposed Shoffner Fed Com 129H u-turn well, to be horizontally drilled from a surface location in the SW/4 SE/4 (Unit O) of Section 19, with a first take point in the SE/4 SE/4 (Unit P) of Section 19, and a last take point in the NE/4 SE/4 (Unit I) of Section 19. Also, to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the well and the allocation of the costs thereof, actual operating costs and charges for supervision, designation of Matador Production Company as operator of the proposed spacing unit, and a 200% charge for risk involved in drilling the proposed well. The subject area is located approximately 21 miles northeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
4.	26098	Application of MRC Delaware Resources, LLC for Approval of a Standard Overlapping Horizontal Well Spacing Unit and Compulsory Pooling, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order (a) approving a standard 480-acre, more or less, overlapping horizontal well spacing unit in a portion of the Bone Spring formation, from the base of the Second Bone Spring interval to the base of the Bone Spring formation, underlying the SE/4 of Section 19 and the S/2 of Section 20, Township 19 South, Range 30 East, NMPM, Eddy County, New Mexico; and (b) pooling the uncommitted interest owners in this acreage. Applicant seeks to pool the uncommitted interest owners from the base of the Second Bone Spring interval at a stratigraphic equivalent of 8,408’ measured depth, as defined in the Antweil Anu Federal #001 (30-015-23561), to the base of Bone Spring formation. Applicant seeks to initially dedicate the above-referenced spacing unit to the proposed Shoffner Fed Com 139H u-turn well, to be horizontally drilled from a surface location in the SW/4 SE/4 (Unit O) of Section 19, with a first take point in the SW/4 SE/4 (Unit O) of Section 19, and a last take point in the NW/4 SE/4 (Unit J) of Section 19. This proposed standard horizontal well spacing unit will overlap the following existing or proposed horizontal well spacing units in the Bone Spring formation: • An existing 160-acre, more or less, spacing unit comprised of the W/2 E/2 of Section 19, Township 19 South, Range 30 East, dedicated to the Antweil Anu Federal #003H well (API No. 30-015-40523), operated by EOG Resources, Inc. Also, to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the well and the allocation of the costs thereof, actual operating costs and charges for supervision, designation of Matador Production Company as operator of the proposed spacing unit, and a 200% charge for risk involved in drilling the proposed well. The subject area is located approximately 21 miles northeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico.