OCD Permitting

PRELIMINARY DOCKET: Special Examiner's Hearing for June 6, 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. 24320 Application of COG Operating LLC for Compulsory Pooling and Approval of Non-Standard Spacing Unit, Lea County, New Mexico. COG Operating LLC (“Applicant”) seeks an order: (1) establishing a 1,268.12-acre, more or less, non-standard horizontal spacing unit comprised of all of irregular Sections 6 and 7, Township 24 South, Range 33 East, Lea County, New Mexico (“Unit”); and (2) pooling all uncommitted interests in the Bone Spring formation underlying the Unit. Applicant seeks to dedicate the Unit to the following proposed wells (“Wells”): Macho Nacho State Com 601H, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in the SW/4 SE/4 (Unit O) of Section 7 to a bottom hole location in Lot 1 (NE/4 NE/4 equivalent) of Section 6; Macho Nacho State Com 603H, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in the SW/4 SE/4 (Unit O) of Section 7 to a bottom hole location in Lot 2 (NW/4 NE/4 equivalent) of Section 6; Macho Nacho State Com 605H, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in the SE/4 SW/4 (Unit N) of Section 7 to a bottom hole location in Lot 3 (NE/4 NW/4 equivalent) of Section 6; and Macho Nacho State Com 607H, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in the SE/4 SW/4 (Unit N) of Section 7 to a bottom hole location in Lot 4 (NW/4 NW/4 equivalent) of Section 6. 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 25 miles northwest of Jal, New Mexico.
2. 24321 Application of COG Operating LLC for Compulsory Pooling and Approval of Non-Standard Spacing Unit, Lea County, New Mexico. COG Operating LLC (“Applicant”) seeks an order: (1) establishing a 1,268.12-acre, more or less, non-standard horizontal spacing unit comprised of all of irregular Sections 6 and 7, Township 24 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”): Macho Nacho State Com 602H, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in the SW/4 SE/4 (Unit O) of Section 7 to a bottom hole location in Lot 1 (NE/4 NE/4 equivalent) of Section 6; Macho Nacho State Com 604H, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in the SW/4 SE/4 (Unit O) of Section 7 to a bottom hole location in Lot 2 (NW/4 NE/4 equivalent) of Section 6; Macho Nacho State Com 606H, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in the SE/4 SW/4 (Unit N) of Section 7 to a bottom hole location in Lot 3 (NE/4 NW/4 equivalent) of Section 6; and Macho Nacho State Com 608H, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in Lot 4 (SW/4 SW/4 equivalent) of Section 7 to a bottom hole location in Lot 4 (NW/4 NW/4 equivalent) of Section 6. 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 25 miles northwest of Jal, New Mexico.
3. 24372 Application of COG Production LLC for Compulsory Pooling and Approval of Non-Standard Spacing Unit, Lea County, New Mexico. COG Production LLC (“COG” or “Applicant”) seeks an order: (1) establishing an 1,279.08-acre, more or less, non-standard horizontal spacing unit comprised of all of irregular Section 5 and Section 8, Township 24 South, Range 33 East, Lea County, New Mexico (“Unit”); and (2) pooling all uncommitted interests in the Bone Spring formation underlying the Unit. Applicant seeks to dedicate the Unit to the following proposed wells (“Wells”): Eata Fajita State Com 601H, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in the SE/4 SE/4 (Unit P) of Section 8 to a bottom hole location in Lot 1 (NE/4 NE/4 equivalent) of Section 5; Eata Fajita State Com 603H, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in the SE/4 SE/4 (Unit P) of Section 8 to a bottom hole location in Lot 2 (NW/4 NE/4 equivalent) of Section 5; Eata Fajita State Com 605H, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in the SE/4 SW/4 (Unit N) of Section 8 to a bottom hole location in Lot 3 (NE/4 NW/4 equivalent) of Section 5; and Eata Fajita State Com 607H, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in the SW/4 SW/4 (Unit M) of Section 8 to a bottom hole location in Lot 4 (NW/4 NW/4 equivalent) of Section 5. 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 24 miles northwest of Jal, New Mexico.
4. 24373 Application of COG Production LLC for Compulsory Pooling and Approval of Non-Standard Spacing Unit, Lea County, New Mexico. COG Production LLC (“COG” or “Applicant”) seeks an order: (1) establishing an 1,279.08-acre, more or less, non-standard horizontal spacing unit comprised of all of irregular Section 5 and Section 8, Township 24 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”): Eata Fajita State Com 602H, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in the SE/4 SE/4 (Unit P) of Section 8 to a bottom hole location in Lot 1 (NE/4 NE/4 equivalent) of Section 5; Eata Fajita State Com 604H, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in the SE/4 SE/4 (Unit P) of Section 8 to a bottom hole location in Lot 2 (NW/4 NE/4 equivalent) of Section 5; Eata Fajita State Com 606H, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in the SW/4 SW/4 (Unit M) of Section 8 to a bottom hole location in Lot 3 (NE/4 NW/4 equivalent) of Section 5; and Eata Fajita State Com 608H, which will be drilled from a surface hole location in the SW/4 SW/4 (Unit M) of Section 8 to a bottom hole location in Lot 4 (NW/4 NW/4 equivalent) of Section 5. 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 24 miles northwest of Jal, New Mexico.
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