PRELIMINARY DOCKET:
OCD Special Hearing for July 9, 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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Application of Spur Energy Partners LLC for Compulsory Pooling, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant seeks an order pooling all uncommitted interests in the Yeso formation underlying a 320-acre, more or less, standard horizontal spacing unit comprised of the SW/4 of Section 27 and the SE/4 of Section 28, Township 19 South, Range 25 East, Eddy County, New Mexico (“Unit”). Applicant seeks to dedicate the Unit to the following proposed wells (“Wells”): the Live Oak 27-28 State Com 20H and Live Oak 27-28 State Com 50H wells, to be drilled from surface hole locations in the NW/4 SE/4 (Unit J) of Section 27 to bottom hole locations in the NW/4 SE/4 (Unit J) of Section 28; and Live Oak 27-28 State Com 21H, Live Oak 27-28 State Com 30H, and Live Oak 27-28 State Com 70H wells, to be drilled from surface hole locations in the SW/4 SE/4 (Unit O) of Section 27 to bottom hole locations in the SW/4 SE/4 (Unit O) of Section 28. The completed intervals of the wells will be orthodox. The completed interval of the Live Oak 27-28 State Com 30H well will be located within 330’ of the quarter-quarter section line separating the N/2 S/2 and S/2 S/2 of Sections 27 and 28 to allow for the creation of a 320-acre standard horizontal spacing unit. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the wells and the allocation of the costs, 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 14.78 miles South and 4.26 miles West of Artesia, New Mexico.
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