New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS
Part 16 - DRILLING AND PRODUCTION
Section 19.15.16.20 - ALLOWABLES AND AUTHORIZATION TO TRANSPORT OIL AND GAS

Universal Citation: 19 NM Admin Code 19.15.16.20

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 24, December 23, 2024

A. The division may assign an allowable to a newly completed or re-completed well or a well completed in an additional pool or issue an operator authorization to transport oil or gas from the well if the operator:

(1) has filed a complete form C-104;

(2) has provided a sworn and notarized tabulation of all deviation tests the operator has run on the well, and directional surveys with calculated bottom hole location, in accordance with the requirements of 19.15.16.14 NMAC or 19.15.16.15 NMAC;

(3) has dedicated a standard spacing unit or horizontal spacing unit for the pool in which the well is completed, a standard spacing unit or horizontal spacing unit has been communitized or pooled and dedicated to the well or the division has approved a non-standard spacing unit or horizontal spacing unit; and

(4) complies with Subsection A of 19.15.5.9 NMAC.

B. The allowable the division assigns to an oil well is effective at 7:00 a.m. on the completion date, provided the division receives form C-104 during the month of completion. The date of completion shall be that date when new oil is delivered into the stock tanks. Unless otherwise specified by special pool orders, the allowable the division assigns to a gas well is effective at 7:00 a.m. on the date of connection to a gas transportation facility, as evidenced by an affidavit of connection from the transporter to the division, or the date of receipt of form C-104 by the division, whichever date is later.

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