PRELIMINARY DOCKET:
OCD Special Hearing for August 29, 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.
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24605
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Application of FAE II Operating, LLC for Enhanced Oil Recovery Project and to Qualify the Project for the Recovered Oil Tax Rate Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant is a working interest owner in the proposed North Jal Unit (the "Unit Area"), which comprises 3,154.37 acres of the following federal, state, and fee lands located in Lea County, New Mexico:
Township 24 South, Range 36 East, N.M.P.M.
Section 25: S/2
Section 26: E2SE
Section 35: E2NE
Section 36: ALL
Township 24 South, Range 37 East, N.M.P.M.
Section 19: E/2
Section 20: SW/4, SWNW
Section 29: W/2
Section 30: NE/4, S/2
Section 31: N2NW
Township 25 South, Range 36 East, N.M.P.M.
Section 1: All
The unitized interval extends from the top of the Yates Formation to a lower limit at the base of the Queen Formation. Among the matters to be considered at hearing, pursuant to the New Mexico Statutory Unitization Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 70-7-1 et seq., will be: the necessity of unit operations; the determination of horizontal and vertical limits of the unit area; the determination of the fair, reasonable, and equitable allocation of production and costs of production, including capital investments, to each of the tracts in the unit area; the determination of credits and charges to be made among the working interest owners in the unit area for their investment in wells and equipment; and such other matters as may be necessary and appropriate.. The unit area is centered approximately 5 miles North of Jal, New Mexico.
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24606
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Application of FAE II Operating, LLC for Statutory Unitization, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant is a working interest owner in the proposed North Jal Unit (the "Unit Area"), which comprises 3,154.37 acres of the following federal, state, and fee lands located in Lea County, New Mexico:
Township 24 South, Range 36 East, N.M.P.M.
Section 25: S/2
Section 26: E2SE
Section 35: E2NE
Section 36: ALL
Township 24 South, Range 37 East, N.M.P.M.
Section 19: E/2
Section 20: SW/4, SWNW
Section 29: W/2
Section 30: NE/4, S/2
Section 31: N2NW
Township 25 South, Range 36 East, N.M.P.M.
Section 1: All
The unitized interval extends from the top of the Yates Formation to a lower limit at the base of the Queen Formation. Among the matters to be considered at hearing, pursuant to the New Mexico Statutory Unitization Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 70-7-1 et seq., will be: the necessity of unit operations; the determination of horizontal and vertical limits of the unit area; the determination of the fair, reasonable, and equitable allocation of production and costs of production, including capital investments, to each of the tracts in the unit area; the determination of credits and charges to be made among the working interest owners in the unit area for their investment in wells and equipment; and such other matters as may be necessary and appropriate.. The unit area is centered approximately 5 miles North of Jal, New Mexico.
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