PRELIMINARY DOCKET: VACATED: Special OCD Examiner's Hearing set for August 12, 2026

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. 26350 Application of Mewbourne Oil Company for Compulsory Pooling, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order pooling all uncommitted interest owners in a standard 320-acre, more or less, well spacing unit in the Bone Spring formation underlying the W/2 W/2 of Sections 13 and 24, Township 18 South, Range 33 East, NMPM, Lea County, New Mexico. This spacing unit will be initially dedicated to the proposed Pile Driver 24/13 Fed Com 521H well, to be drilled from a surface location in the SE/4 SW/4 (Unit N) of Section 24, and a bottomhole location in the NW/4 NW/4 (Unit D) of Section 13. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the well and the allocation of the costs thereof, the operating costs and charges for supervision, the designation of applicant as operator of the proposed spacing unit, and a 200% charge for risk involved in drilling said well. Said area is located approximately 15 miles southeast of Malaga, New Mexico.
2. 26351 Application of Mewbourne Oil Company for Approval of an Overlapping Horizontal Well Spacing Unit and Compulsory Pooling, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order an order (1) approving an overlapping, 320-acre, more or less, standard horizontal well spacing unit in the Bone Spring formation underlying the E/2 W/2 of Sections 13 and 24, Township 18 South, Range 33 East, NMPM, Lea County, New Mexico, and (2) pooling all uncommitted mineral interests in this acreage. This spacing unit will be initially dedicated to the proposed Pile Driver 24/13 Fed Com 524H well, to be drilled from a surface location in the SE/4 SW/4 (Unit N) of Section 24, and a bottomhole location in the NE/4 NW/4 (Unit C) of Section 13. The proposed horizontal well spacing unit will overlap the following existing Bone Spring spacing unit:
•    40-acre vertical well spacing unit comprised of the NE/4 NW/4 (Unit C) of Section 13, T18S-R33E, dedicated to the Mescalero Ridge B Federal #001 well (API No. 30-025-29315), operated by Seely Oil Co.
    Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the well and the allocation of the costs thereof, the operating costs and charges for supervision, the designation of applicant as operator of the proposed spacing unit, and a 200% charge for risk involved in drilling said well. Said area is located approximately 15 miles southeast of Malaga, New Mexico.
3. 26352 Application of Mewbourne Oil Company for Approval of an Overlapping Horizontal Well Spacing Unit and Compulsory Pooling, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order an order (1) approving an overlapping, 320-acre, more or less, standard horizontal well spacing unit in the Bone Spring formation underlying the W/2 E/2 of Sections 13 and 24, Township 18 South, Range 33 East, NMPM, Lea County, New Mexico, and (2) pooling all uncommitted mineral interests in this acreage. This spacing unit will be initially dedicated to the proposed Pile Driver 24/13 Fed Com 526H well, to be drilled from a surface location in the SE/4 SW/4 (Unit N) of Section 24, and a bottomhole location in the NW/4 NE/4 (Unit B) of Section 13. The proposed horizontal well spacing unit will overlap the following existing Bone Spring spacing unit:
•    40-acre vertical well spacing unit comprised of the NW/4 NE/4 (Unit B) of Section 13, T18S-R33E, dedicated to the Mescalero Ridge Federal #001 well (API No. 30-025-29279), operated by Seely Oil Co.
    Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the well and the allocation of the costs thereof, the operating costs and charges for supervision, the designation of applicant as operator of the proposed spacing unit, and a 200% charge for risk involved in drilling said well. Said area is located approximately 15 miles southeast of Malaga, New Mexico.
4. 26353 Application of Mewbourne Oil Company for Compulsory Pooling, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order pooling all uncommitted interest owners in a standard 320-acre, more or less, well spacing unit in the Bone Spring formation underlying the E/2 E/2 of Sections 13 and 24, Township 18 South, Range 33 East, NMPM, Lea County, New Mexico. This spacing unit will be initially dedicated to the proposed Pile Driver 24/13 Fed Com 528H well, to be drilled from a surface location in the SE/4 SW/4 (Unit N) of Section 24, and a bottomhole location in the NE/4 NE/4 (Unit A) of Section 13. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the well and the allocation of the costs thereof, the operating costs and charges for supervision, the designation of applicant as operator of the proposed spacing unit, and a 200% charge for risk involved in drilling said well. Said area is located approximately 15 miles southeast of Malaga, New Mexico.
5. 25894 Unresolved Alleged Violations of: 19.15.29.8, 19.15.29.11, 19.15.29.12, 19.15.29.16 and 19.15.5.11 NMAC
6. 25895 Unresolved Alleged Violations of: 19.15.27.8, 19.15.29.8, 19.15.29.9, 19.15.29.10, 19.15.34.20 and 19.15.25.8(B) NMAC
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