PRELIMINARY DOCKET:
Special Examiner's Hearing set for May 29, 2024
Applications for hearing shall be filed at least thirty (30) days in advance of the hearing date.
A party who intends to present evidence shall file a pre-hearing statement no later than the close of
business on the Thursday prior to the hearing date and serve a copy on the other parties, if any. The
hearing examiner will dismiss the application if the applicant does not file and serve a pre-hearing
statement as specified above. A party desiring to use projection equipment at the hearing shall contact
Florene Davidson, OCD Clerk, no later than seven (7) business days prior to the hearing.
NOTICE: The hearing examiner may call the following cases in any order in his or her discretion.
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24141
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Application of Apache Corporation for Approval of a Non-Standard Horizontal Well Spacing Unit and Compulsory Pooling, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order (a) approving a non-standard 1280-acre horizontal well spacing unit in the Bone Spring formation underlying Sections 11 and 14, Township 19 South, Range 32 East, NMPM, Lea County, New Mexico and (b) pooling all uncommitted interests in this acreage. Applicant seeks to initially dedicate the above-referenced horizontal spacing unit to the following proposed wells to be drilled from shared surface locations in the S2S2 of Section 14:
• Dustbowl 11-14 Fed Com 101H and Dustbowl 11-14 Fed Com 201H
wells, with first take points in the SW4SW4 (Unit M) of Section 14 and
last take points in the NW4NW4 (Unit D) of Section 11;
• Dustbowl 11-14 Fed Com 102H and Dustbowl 11-14 Fed Com 202H
wells, with first take points in the SE4SW4 (Unit N) of Section 14 and
last take points in the NE4NW4 (Unit C) of Section 11;
• Dustbowl 11-14 Fed Com 103H and Dustbowl 11-14 Fed Com 203H
wells, with first take points in the SW4SE4 (Unit O) of Section 14 and
last take points in the NW4NE4 (Unit B) of Section 11; and
• Dustbowl 11-14 Fed Com 104H and Dustbowl 11-14 Fed Com 204H
wells, with first take points in the SE4SE4 (Unit P) of Section 14 and
last take points in the NE4NE4 (Unit A) of Section 11.
Also, to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the wells, the allocation of the cost thereof, the actual operating costs and charges for supervision, the designation of applicant as operator, and the imposition of 200% charge for risk involved in drilling and completing each well. Said area is located approximately 33 miles west of Hobbs, New Mexico.
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24254
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Application of Avant Operating, LLC for Compulsory Pooling and Approval of Non-Standard Spacing Unit, Lea County, New Mexico. Avant Operating, LLC (“Applicant”) applies for an order: (1) establishing a 1,280-acre, more or less, non-standard horizontal spacing unit comprised of Sections 11 and 14, Township 19 South, Range 32 East, Lea County, New Mexico (“Unit”); and (2) pooling all uncommitted interests in the Bone Spring formation underlying the Unit. The Unit will be dedicated to the following wells (“Wells”): Grayling 14 Fed Com #305H, Grayling 14 Fed Com #306H, Grayling 14 Fed Com #505H, Grayling 14 Fed Com #506H, Grayling 14 Fed Com #605H, and Grayling 14 Fed Com #606H, which will be drilled from surface hole locations in the SW/4 SE/4 (Unit O) of Section 14 to bottom hole locations in the NE/4 NE/4 (Unit A) of Section 11; Grayling 14 Fed Com # 304H, Grayling 14 Fed Com #504H, and Grayling 14 Fed Com #604H, which will be drilled from surface hole locations in the SW/4 SE/4 (Unit O) of Section 14 to bottom hole locations in the NW/4 NE/4 (Unit B) of Section 11; Grayling 14 Fed Com #301H, Grayling 14 Fed Com #501H, Grayling 14 Fed Com #601H, which will be drilled from surface hole locations in the SW/4 SW/4 (Unit M) of Section 14 to bottom hole locations in the NW/4 NW/4 (Unit D) of Section 11; Grayling 14 Fed Com # 302H, Grayling 14 Fed Com #502H, and Grayling 14 Fed Com #602H, which will be drilled from surface hole locations in the SE/4 SW/4 (Unit N) of Section 14 to bottom hole locations in the NW/4 NW/4 (Unit D) of Section 11; and Grayling 14 Fed Com # 303H, Grayling 14 Fed Com #503H, and Grayling 14 Fed Com #603H, which will be drilled from surface hole locations in the SE/4 SW/4 (Unit N) of Section 14 to bottom hole locations in the NE/4 NW/4 (Unit C) of Section 11. 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 cost, 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 33 miles west of Hobbs, New Mexico.
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