New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS
Part 14 - DRILLING PERMITS
Section 19.15.14.8 - PERMIT TO DRILL, DEEPEN OR PLUG BACK
Universal Citation: 19 NM Admin Code 19.15.14.8
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 24, December 23, 2024
A. Permit required. An operator is required to obtain a permit approved by the division prior to commencing drilling, deepening or re-entry operations, commencing an additional lateral, plugging a well back to a different pool, or completing or re-completing a well in an additional pool.
B. Mineral owner or working interest owner consent required.
(1) An operator shall not file an application
for permit to drill nor commence drilling operations until the operator has
either:
(a) received the consent of at least
one working interest owner or owner of an unleased mineral interest at the
proposed bottom hole location; or
(b) obtained a compulsory pooling order from
the division.
(2) In
addition, an operator filing an application for permit to drill a horizontal
well shall comply with Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of
19.15.16.15 NMAC.
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