PRELIMINARY DOCKET:
OCD Special Hearing for August 1, 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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24688
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Application of Avant Operating, LLC for compulsory pooling, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant seeks an order from the Division pooling all uncommitted interests within a standard 640-acre, more or less, Bone Spring horizontal spacing unit comprising the S/2 of Sections 35 and 36, Township 18 South, Range 32 East, N.M.P.M., Lea County, New Mexico. This spacing unit will be dedicated to the Alpha Wolf 36 Federal Com 301H; Alpha Wolf 36 Federal Com 302H; Alpha Wolf 36 Federal Com 303H; Alpha Wolf 36 Federal Com 501H; Alpha Wolf 36 Federal Com 502H; Alpha Wolf 36 Federal Com 503H; Alpha Wolf 36 Federal Com 601H; Alpha Wolf 36 Federal Com 602H; and Alpha Wolf 36 Federal Com 603H wells, to be horizontally drilled. The producing area for the wells are expected to be orthodox. The completed intervals for the Alpha Wolf 36 Federal Com 302H, Alpha Wolf 36 Federal Com 502H, Alpha Wolf 36 Federal Com 602H wells are 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. 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 Avant Operating, LLC as operator of the wells, and a 200% charge for risk involved in drilling said wells. Said area is located approximately 10.8 miles south of Maljamar, New Mexico.
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24472
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Application of Franklin Mountain Energy 3, LLC for compulsory pooling and, to the extent necessary, approval of an overlapping spacing unit, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant seeks an order from the Division pooling all uncommitted mineral interests within a 320-acre, more or less, Wolfcamp horizontal spacing unit comprised of the W/2 E/2 of Sections 27 and 34, Township 19 South, Range 35 East, N.M.P.M., Lea County, New Mexico. Franklin also seeks, to the extent necessary, approval of an overlapping spacing unit. This spacing unit will be dedicated to the Treble State Com 703H and Treble State Com 803H wells to be horizontally drilled from a surface hole location in the SW/4 SE/4 (Unit O) of Section 22 to a bottom hole location in the SW/4 SE/4 (Unit O) of Section 34. The producing area for the wells is expected to be orthodox. The proposed horizontal spacing unit will partially overlap with a Wolfcamp spacing unit dedicated to a 40-acre vertical spacing unit comprised of the SW/4 NE/4 (Unit G) of Section 27, dedicated to North Fork Operating, LP’s Toro 27 #005H well (API 30-025-35425). 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 18 miles southwest of Hobbs, New Mexico.
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