PRELIMINARY DOCKET: Special OCD Examiner's Hearing set for May 19, 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.	25878	Amended Application of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to Reopen Case No. 24185 (Order No. R-23684 (E.G.L. Resources, Inc.) and Case No. 24886 (Order No. R-23685 PBEX, LLC) to Require Submission of Proper Statements of Well Costs by Operator and Recognize the Consenting Status of Chevron. Chevron also seeks an order declaring that EGL Resources, Inc., as the Operator designated by the Division under Order No. 23684 and Order No. 23685 for such cases, failed to comply with paragraphs 24 and 25 of such orders requiring that is submit a proper statement for Chevron’s share of the estimated costs of drilling, completing and equipping the wells so that Chevron could render payment for such costs and to recognize that Chevron the consenting status of Chevron under such orders. The Orders pertain to the Bond 33-34 Fed Com 104H, 105H, 106H, 207H, 209H and 211H wells and the Bond 32-34 Fed Com 101H, 102H, 103H, 201H. 203H, and 205 H wells located in Sections 32, 33 & 34 of Township 18 South, Range 32 East, N.M.P.M., Lea County New Mexico, located approximately 10-1/2 miles south of Maljamar, New Mexico.
2.	25801	Application of Milestone Environmental Services, LLC to Amend Order Nos. R-21441/SWD-2034 and IPI-536 to Increase the Approved Injection Rate for the Beaza SWD No. 1, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant seeks an order authorizing it to increase the rate of injection through its Beaza SWD #1 (API 30-025-49600) (“Well”) from 10,000 to 20,000 barrels per day. The well is located 160 feet from the East line and 2480 feet from the North line (Unit H) in Section 25, Township 24 South, Range 34 East, NMPM in Lea County, New Mexico. All other conditions of the approved permit are proposed to remain the same. The well is approved as a commercial produced water disposal well under Order No. R-21441 and SWD-2034 to inject into the Bell Canyon and Cherry Canyon formations through perforations from 5,497 feet to 7,240 feet below the surface at maximum surface injection pressure of 2,000 psi. The Well is located approximately 14 miles northwest of Jal, New Mexico.
3.	26110	Application of Flat Creek Resources, LLC for Compulsory Pooling, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order from the Division pooling all uncommitted mineral interests in the Bone Spring formation, down to 8,062’ (being 300’ above the top of the Wolfcamp Formation, or 8,362’) (WILLOW LAKE; BONE SPRING, WEST [96415]) Bone Spring formation (WILLOW LAKE; BONE SPRING, WEST [96415]) in a non-standard 640-acre, more or less, horizontal spacing and proration unit (“HSU”) comprised of the N/2 of Sections 22 and 23, Township 24 South, Range 26 East, in Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant proposes to drill the following wells in the HSU: Jurnegan Fed Com BS2 #1H well, to be horizontally drilled from a surface hole location approximately 948’ FNL and 713’ FWL of Section 22, T24S-R26E to a bottom hole location approximately 440’ FNL and 15’ FEL of Section 23, T24S-R26E; and Jurnegan Fed Com BS2 #2H well, to be horizontally drilled from a surface hole location approximately 978’ FNL and 713’ FWL of Section 22, T24S-26E to a bottom hole location approximately 1,870’ FNL and 15’ FEL of Section 23, T24S-R26E. The completed intervals and first and last take points will meet statewide setback requirements for horizontal oil wells. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the well and the allocation of the costs, the designation of Applicant as Operator of the well, and a 200% charge for the risk involved in drilling and completing the well. The wells and land are approximately 5 miles Northeast of Whites City, New Mexico.
4.	25937	Second Amended Application of Mewbourne Oil Company for Compulsory Pooling, Eddy County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order pooling all uncommitted mineral owners in a standard 1,299.51-acre, more or less, well spacing unit in the Wolfcamp formation underlying Lots 1-4, S/2 N/2 and S/2 (All equivalent) of irregular Sections 3 and 4, Township 22 South, Range 26 East, NMPM, Eddy County, New Mexico. This spacing unit will be initially dedicated to the proposed Guyana Buffalo 4/3 Federal Com 716H and Guyana Buffalo 4/3 Federal Com 855H wells, both to be drilled from surface locations in the SW/4 SW/4 (Unit M) of irregular Section 4, to bottomhole locations in the NE/4 SE/4 (Unit I) of irregular Section 3; and Guyana Buffalo 4/3 Federal Com 718H and Guyana Buffalo 4/3 Federal Com 857H wells, both to be drilled from surface locations in the SW/4 SW/4 (Unit M) of irregular Section 4, to bottomhole locations in the SE/4 SE/4 (Unit P) of irregular Section 3. The completed interval of the Guyana Buffalo 4/3 Federal Com 855H is expected to remain within 330 feet of the adjoining quarter-quarter section (or equivalent) tracts to allow inclusion of these proximity tracts within the proposed horizontal spacing unit under 19.15.16.15.B(3)(b) NMAC. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the wells 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 wells. The proposed laterals fall within the city limits of Carlsbad.