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24864
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Application of MRC Permian Company for Compulsory Pooling, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order pooling all uncommitted interests in a standard 320-acre, more or less, horizontal well spacing unit in the Bone Spring formation comprised of the W2E2 of Sections 11 and 14, Township 17 South, Range 37 East, NMPM, Lea County, New Mexico. Said unit will be initially dedicated to the proposed Monika 133H well, to be horizontally drilled from a surface location in the SE4 of Section 14, with a first take point in the SW4SE4 (Unit O) of Section 14 and a last take point in the NW4NE4 (Unit B) of Section 11. Also, to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the well and the allocation of the cost 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 5.5 miles west of Knowles, New Mexico.
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24865
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Application of MRC Permian Company for Compulsory Pooling, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order pooling all uncommitted interests in a standard 640-acre, more or less, horizontal well spacing unit in the Wolfcamp formation comprised of the E2 of Sections 11 and 14, Township 17 South, Range 37 East, NMPM, Lea County, New Mexico. Said unit will be initially dedicated to the proposed Monika 203H well, to be horizontally drilled from a surface location in the SE4 of Section 14, with a first take point in the SE4SE4 (Unit P) of Section 14 and a last take point in the NE4NE4 (Unit A) of Section 11. The location of the proposed well is expected to remain within 330 feet of the offsetting quarter-quarter sections or equivalent tracts to allow inclusion of this acreage in the proposed horizontal well spacing unit. Also, to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the well and the allocation of the cost 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 5.5 miles west of Knowles, New Mexico.
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25220
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Application of FAE II Operating, LLC for Statutory Unitization and Expansion of the Vertical Limits of the Teague (Paddock-Blinebry) Pool, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant seeks an order: (1) approving the Statutory Unitization of its Lamunyon Unit; and (2) expanding the vertical limits of the Teague (Paddock-Blinebry) pool to include the Teague; Glorieta-Upper Paddock, SW pool within the Unit Area. The proposed Lamunyon Unit comprises approximately 3,960.00 acres, more or less, of the following federal and fee lands located in Lea County, New Mexico (“Unit Area”):
Township 23 South, Range 37 East
Section 20: E/2
Section 21: All
Section 22: W/2 and SW/4 SE/4
Section 27: All
Section 28: All
Section 29: E/2 NE/4
Section 33: E/2
Section 34: All
Section 35: W/2
The unitized interval is that interval underlying the Unit Area, the vertical limits of which extended from an upper limit described as the top of the Glorieta Formation to a lower limit at the base of the Blinebry Formation; the geologic markers having been previously found to occur at 4,921 feet and 5,930 feet, respectively, in Chevron U.S.A. Inc.’s C. E. Lamunyon #050 well, API 30-025-30525, located 1,310 feet FNL and 210 FEL of Section 28, T-23-S, R-37-E, Lea County, New Mexico, as recorded on the Schlumberger Compensated Neutron Litho-Density log run on March 6, 1989 and measured from a Kelly Busing Elevation of 3,298 feet above sea level.
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. Applicant also requests that the vertical limits of the Teague (Paddock-Blinebry) pool be expanded to include the Teague; Glorieta-Upper Paddock, SW pool within the boundaries of the Unit Area. The Unit Area is centered approximately 13.5 miles south of Eunice, New Mexico.
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25221
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Application of FAE II Operating, LLC for Approval of an Enhanced Oil Recovery Project and to Qualify the Project for the Recovered Oil Tax Rate, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant applies for an order approving an enhanced oil recovery project (secondary and tertiary recovery) in the Lamunyon Unit Area by the injection of water and gas into the Glorietta, Paddock, and Blinebry formations in wells located on approximately 3,960.00 acres, more or less, of federal and fee lands in Lea County that include all or parts of: Township 23 South, Range 37 East – Section 20, Section 21, Section 22, Section 27, Section 28, Section 29, Section 33, Section 34, and Section 35. Applicant proposes to inject water into the Glorietta, Paddock, and Blinebry formations through the following wells:
• C E LAMUNYON #053 (API No. 30-025-33136)
o Location: 1,300’ FSL & 330’ FWL (Unit M), Section 22, Township 23 South, Range 37 East
o Injection Interval: 5,270’ to 5,330’
• SALTMOUNT #003 (API No. 30-025-33228)
o Location: 990’ FSL & 1,300’ FEL (Unit P), Section 21, Township 23 South, Range 37 East
o Injection Interval: 5,290’ to 5,340’
• C E LAMUNYON #057 (API No. 30-025-33445)
o Location: 2,310’ FNL & 1,200’ FWL (Unit E), Section 27, Township 23 South, Range 37 East
o Injection Interval: 5,384’ to 5,852’
• C E LAMUNYON #064 (API No. 30-025-33961)
o Location: 50’ FNL & 1,340’ FWL (Unit C), Section 27, Township 23 South, Range 37 East
o Injection Interval: 5,274’ to 5,312’
• C E LAMUNYON #063Y (API No. 30-025-34153)
o Location: 1,420’ FNL & 1,340’ FWL (Unit F), Section 27, Township 23 South, Range 37 East
o Injection Interval: 5,280’ to 5,330’
• C E LAMUNYON #066 (API No. 30-025-34202)
o Location: 1,300’ FNL & 2,520’ FWL (Unit C), Section 27, Township 23 South, Range 37 East
o Injection Interval: 5,306’ to 5,359’
• C E LAMUNYON #068 (API No. 30-025-34254)
o Location: 10’ FNL & 330’ FWL (Unit D), Section 27, Township 23 South, Range 37 East
o Injection Interval: 5,362’ to 5,396’
• C E LAMUNYON #076 (API No. 30-025-35074)
o Location: 2,310’ FNL & 2,310’ FWL (Unit F), Section 27, Township 23 South, Range 37 East
o Injection Interval: 5,290’ to 5,345’
Applicant proposes to convert the wells from producers to injectors for waterflood operations and plans to inject water through a closed system of perforations. The proposed average injection pressure is expected to be approximately 950 psi. The expected maximum injection pressure will be calculated relative to the depth of the highest perforation, using a factor of 0.2 psi/ft. Pending results of a step rate test, the maximum injection pressure could potentially be increased to a factor of 0.65 psi/ft. The maximum daily injection rate will be 800 barrels of water per day or as permitted by the Division. Applicant seeks authorization to include additional injection wells within the project administratively. Applicant also requests that the enhanced oil recovery project be qualified for the recovered oil tax rate, pursuant to the Enhanced Oil Recovery Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 7-29A-1 to -5, and New Mexico Oil Conservation Division regulations. The project area is centered approximately 13.5 miles south of Eunice, New Mexico.
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