New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS
Part 18 - PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICES
Section 19.15.18.9 - BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE TESTS

The operator shall make a bottom hole pressure test on the discovery well of a new pool and shall report the results of the test to the division within 30 days after the discovery well's completion. On or before December 1 of each calendar year the division shall designate the months in which operators shall take bottom hole pressure tests in designated pools. The division shall include in the designated list the required shut-in pressure time and datum of tests to be taken in each pool. In the event a newly discovered pool is not included in the division's list, the division shall issue a supplementary bottom hole pressure schedule. Tests the division designates shall only apply to flowing wells in each pool. A person qualified by both training and experience to make such test shall make the test with an approved bottom hole pressure instrument that is calibrated against an approved dead-weight tester at intervals frequent enough to ensure its accuracy within one percent. Unless the division otherwise designates, all wells shall remain completely shut in for at least 24 hours prior to the test. In the event the division does not establish a definite datum the operator shall obtain the bottom hole determination as close as possible to the mid-point of the reservoir's productive sand. The operator shall report the test results to the division on form C-124, which shall contain the information required by Subsection B of 19.15.7.32 NMAC.