PRELIMINARY DOCKET:
Special Examiner's Hearing for March 28, 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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Application of Franklin Mountain Energy 3, LLC for compulsory pooling, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant seeks an order from the Division pooling all uncommitted mineral interests within a 641.27-acre, more or less, Wolfcamp horizontal spacing unit comprising of Lots 1 and 2, S/2 NE/4 and the SE/4 of irregular Section 2 (E/2 equivalent), and the E/2 of Section 11, Township 20 South, Range 35 East, N.M.P.M., Lea County, New Mexico. This spacing unit will be dedicated to the following wells: the Tag State Com 703H and Tag State Com 803H wells to be horizontally drilled from a surface hole location in the NW/4 NE/4 (Unit B) of Section 2 to a bottom hole location in the SW/4 SE/4 (Unit O) of Section 11; and the Tag State Com 704H and Tag State Com 804H wells to be horizontally drilled from a surface hole location in the NE/4 NE/4 (Unit A) of Section 2 to a bottom hole location in the SE/4 SE/4 (Unit P) of Section 11. The producing area for the wells is expected to be orthodox. The completed intervals for the Tag State Com 803H well is expected to be less than 330 feet from the adjoining tracts thereby allowing for the inclusion of the proximity tracts within the proposed spacing unit under Rule 19.15.16.15(B)(1)(b) NMAC. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing said wells, the allocation of these costs as well as the actual operating costs and charges for supervision, designation of Franklin Mountain Energy 3, LLC as operator of the wells, and a 200% charge for risk involved in drilling said wells. Said area is located approximately 19 miles southwest of Hobbs, New Mexico.
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