PRELIMINARY DOCKET:
OCD Special Hearing for August 20, 2024
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.
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24544
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Application of Avant Natural Resources, LLC for Compulsory and Approving a Non-Standard Horizontal Spacing Unit and Pooling, Lea County, New Mexico. Applicant in the above-styled cause seeks an order from the Division: (1) approving a 1,280-acre, more or less, non-standard horizontal spacing and proration unit composed of all of Sections 25 and 36, Township 18 South, Range 33 East, N.M.P.M.; and (2) pooling all uncommitted mineral interests in the Bone Spring Formation, designated as an oil pool, underlying said unit. The proposed wells to be dedicated to the horizontal spacing unit are Royal Oak 25 Fed Com #501H, which is an oil well that will be horizontally drilled from a surface location in the NW/4NW/4 (Unit D) of Section 25 to a bottom hole location in the Bone Spring Formation in the SW/4SW/4 (Unit M) of Section 36; Royal Oak 25 Fed Com #502H, which is an oil well that will be horizontally drilled from a surface location in the NW/4NW/4 (Unit D) of Section 25 to a bottom hole location in the Bone Spring Formation in the SE/4SW/4 (Unit N) of Section 36; Royal Oak 25 Fed Com #301H and Royal Oak 25 Fed Com #601H, which are oil wells that will be horizontally drilled from a surface location in the NE/4NW/4 (Unit C) of Section 25 to a bottom hole location in the Bone Spring Formation in the SW/4SW/4 (Unit M) of Section 36; Royal Oak 25 Fed Com #302 and Royal Oak 25 Fed Com #602H, which are oil wells that will be horizontally drilled from a surface location in the NE/4NW/4 (Unit C) of Section 25 to a bottom hole location in the Bone Spring Formation in the SE/4SW/4 (Unit N) of Section 36; Royal Oak 25 Fed Com #303H, Royal Oak 25 Fed Com #503H, and Royal Oak 25 Fed Com #603H, which are oil wells that will be horizontally drilled from a surface location in in the NW/4NE/4 (Unit B) of Section 25 to a bottom hole location in the Bone Spring Formation in the SE/4SW/4 (Unit O) of Section 36; and Royal Oak 25 Fed Com #304H, Royal Oak 25 Fed Com #504H, and Royal Oak 25 Fed Com #604H, which are oil wells that will be horizontally drilled from a surface location in in the NW/4NE/4 (Unit B) of Section 25 to a bottom hole location in the Bone Spring Formation in the SE/4SE/4 (Unit P) of Section 36. The wells are orthodox in location, and the take points and laterals comply with Statewide Rules for setbacks. Also to be considered will be the cost of drilling and completing the wells and the allocation of the costs thereof; actual operating costs and charges for supervision; the designation of the Applicant as Operator of the wells and unit; and a 200% charge for the risk involved in drilling and completing the wells. The wells and lands are located approximately 28 miles west from Hobbs, New Mexico.
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