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NM Stat § 70-7-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 7 - Statutory Unitization Act|Section 70-7-9 - Amendment of plan of unitization.

An order providing for unit operations may be amended by an order made by the division in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as an original order providing for unit operations, provided: A. if such an amendment affects only the rights and interests of the working interest owners, the approval of the amendment by the royalty owners shall not be required; and B. no such amendment shall change the percentage for the allocation of oil and gas as established for any separately owned tract by the original order, except with the consent of all working interest owners and royalty owners in such tract, or change the percentage for the allocation of costs as established for any separately owned tract by the original order, except with the consent of all working interest owners in such tract. History: 1953 Comp., § 65-14-9, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 293, § 9; 1977, ch. 255, § 115.
NM Stat § 70-7-10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 7 - Statutory Unitization Act|Section 70-7-10 - Previously established units.

The division, by order, may provide for the unit operation of a pool or parts thereof that embrace a unit area established by a previous order of the division. Such order, in providing for the allocation of unit production, shall first treat the unit area previously established as a single tract, and the portion of the unit production allocated thereto shall then be allocated among the separately owned tracts included in such previously established unit area in the same proportions as those specified in the previous order. History: 1953 Comp., § 65-14-10, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 293, § 10; 1977, ch. 255, § 116.
NM Stat § 70-7-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 7 - Statutory Unitization Act|Section 70-7-11 - Unit operations of less than an entire pool.

An order may provide for unit operation on less than the whole of a pool where the unit area is of such size and shape as may be reasonably suitable for that purpose, and the conduct thereof will have no adverse effect upon other portions of the pool. History: 1953 Comp., § 65-14-11, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 293, § 11. ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 38 Am. Jur. 2d Gas and Oil §§ 164, 172.
NM Stat § 70-7-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 7 - Statutory Unitization Act|Section 70-7-12 - Operation; expressed or implied covenants.

All operations, including but not limited to, the commencement, drilling or operation of a well upon any portion of the unit area shall be deemed for all purposes the conduct of such operations upon each separately owned tract in the unit area by the several owners thereof. The portions of the unit production allocated to a separately owned tract in a unit area shall, when produced, be deemed, for all purposes, to have been actually produced from such tract by a well drilled thereon. Operations conducted pursuant to an order of the division providing for unit operations shall constitute a fulfillment of all the express or implied obligations for each lease or contract covering lands in the unit area to the extent that compliance with such obligations cannot be had because of the order of the division. History: 1953 Comp., § 65-14-12, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 293, § 12; 1977, ch. 255, § 117. ANNOTATIONSCommunitization agreement entered into with permission of prior fee owner supports implied surface access right over land subject to that agreement but not over land that is not subject to agreement. Kysar v. Amoco Prod. Co., 2004-NMSC-025, 135 N.M. 767, 93 P.3d 1272.
NM Stat § 70-7-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 7 - Statutory Unitization Act|Section 70-7-13 - Income from unitized substances.

The portion of the unit production allocated to any tract, and the proceeds from the sale thereof, shall be the property and income of the several persons to whom, or to whose credit, the same are allocated or payable under the order providing for unit operations. History: 1953 Comp., § 65-14-13, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 293, § 13.
NM Stat § 70-7-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 7 - Statutory Unitization Act|Section 70-7-14 - Lien for costs.

Subject to such reasonable limitations as may be set out in the plan of unitization, the unit shall have a first and prior lien upon the leasehold estate and other oil and gas rights (exclusive of a one-eighth royalty interest or exclusive of the interest provided in the unit operating plan which allocates costs, if it is different than one-eighth) in and to each separately owned tract, the interest of the owners thereof in and to the unit production and all equipment in the possession of the unit, to secure the payment of the amount of the unit expense charged to and assessed against such separately owned tract. History: 1953 Comp., § 65-14-14, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 293, § 14.
NM Stat § 70-7-15 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 7 - Statutory Unitization Act|Section 70-7-15 - Liability for expenses.

The obligation or liability of each working interest owner in the several separately owned tracts in the unit for the payment of unit expense at all times shall be several and not joint or collective, and a working interest owner shall not be chargeable with, obligated or liable for, directly or indirectly, more than the amount apportioned, assessed or otherwise charged to his interest in the separately owned tract pursuant to the order of unitization. History: 1953 Comp., § 65-14-15, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 293, § 15.
NM Stat § 70-7-16 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 7 - Statutory Unitization Act|Section 70-7-16 - Division orders.

A. No division order or other contract relating to the sale or purchase of production from a separately owned tract shall be terminated by the order providing for unit operations, but shall remain in force and apply to oil and gas allocated to such tract until terminated in accordance with the provisions thereof. B. For purposes of this section, "division order" shall mean a contract of sale to the purchaser of oil and gas. History: 1953 Comp., § 65-14-16, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 293, § 16; 1977, ch. 255, § 118.
NM Stat § 70-7-17 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 7 - Statutory Unitization Act|Section 70-7-17 - Property rights.

Except to the extent that the parties affected so agree, no order providing for unit operations shall be construed to result in a transfer of all or any part of the title of any person to the oil and gas rights in any tract in the unit area. All property, whether real or personal, that may be acquired in the conduct of unit operations hereunder shall be acquired for the account of the working interest owners within the unit area, and shall be the property of such working interest owners in the proportion that the costs of unit operations are charged. History: 1953 Comp., § 65-14-17, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 293, § 17.
NM Stat § 70-7-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 7 - Statutory Unitization Act|Section 70-7-18 - Existing rights, rights in unleased land and royalties and lease burdens.

Property rights, leases, contracts and other rights or obligations shall be regarded as amended and modified only to the extent necessary to conform to the provisions and requirements of the Statutory Unitization Act and to any valid order of the division providing for the unit operation of a pool or a part thereof, but otherwise shall remain in full force and effect. A one-eighth part of the production allocated to each tract under an order providing for the unit operation of a pool or a part thereof shall in all events be and remain free and clear of any cost or expense of developing or operating the unit and of any lien therefor as an encumbered [unencumbered] source from which to pay the royalties or other cost-free obligations due or payable with respect to the production from such tract. If a lease or other contract pertaining to a tract or interest stipulates a royalty, overriding royalty, production payment or other obligation in excess of one-eighth of the production or proceeds therefrom, then the working interest owner subject to such excess payment or other obligation shall bear and pay the same. History: 1953 Comp., § 65-14-18, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 293, § 18; 1977, ch. 255, § 119. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 70-7-19 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 7 - Statutory Unitization Act|Section 70-7-19 - Agreements not violative of laws governing monopolies or restraint of trade.

No agreement between or among lessees or other owners of oil and gas rights in oil and gas properties entered into pursuant hereto or with a view or for the purpose of bringing about the unitized development or operation of such properties shall be held to violate any of the statutes of this state prohibiting monopolies or acts, arrangements, agreements, contracts, combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade or commerce. History: 1953 Comp., § 65-14-19, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 293, § 19.
NM Stat § 70-7-20 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 7 - Statutory Unitization Act|Section 70-7-20 - Evidence of unit to be recorded.

A copy of each unit agreement shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county or counties in which the unit is situated. History: 1953 Comp., § 65-14-20, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 293, § 20.
NM Stat § 70-7-21 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 7 - Statutory Unitization Act|Section 70-7-21 - Unlawful operation.

From and after the date designated by the division that a unit plan shall become effective, the operation of any well producing from the pool within the area subject to said unit plan, by persons other than persons acting under the authority of the unit plan, or except in the manner and to the extent provided in such unit plan, shall be unlawful and is hereby prohibited. History: 1953 Comp., § 65-14-21, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 293, § 21; 1977, ch. 255, § 120.
NM Stat § 70-8-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 8 - Emergency Petroleum Products Supplies (Recompiled.)|Section 70-8-1 - Recompiled.

ANNOTATIONSRecompilation. — The Emergency Petroleum Products Supply Act has been recompiled by Laws 2005, ch. 22, § 4 as part of the Chapter 12, Article 12 NMSA 1978. Former Section 70-8-1 NMSA 1978 has been recompiled as 12-12-10 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2005.
NM Stat § 70-8-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 8 - Emergency Petroleum Products Supplies (Recompiled.)|Section 70-8-2 - Recompiled.

ANNOTATIONSRecompilation. — The Emergency Petroleum Products Supply Act has been recompiled by Laws 2005, ch. 22, § 4 as part of the Chapter 12, Article 12 NMSA 1978. Former Section 70-8-2 NMSA 1978 has been recompiled as 12-12-11 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2005.
NM Stat § 70-8-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 8 - Emergency Petroleum Products Supplies (Recompiled.)|Section 70-8-3 - Recompiled.

ANNOTATIONSRecompilation. — The Emergency Petroleum Products Supply Act has been recompiled by Laws 2005, ch. 22, § 4 as part of the Chapter 12, Article 12 NMSA 1978. Former Section 70-8-3 NMSA 1978 has been recompiled as 12-12-12 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2005.
NM Stat § 70-8-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 8 - Emergency Petroleum Products Supplies (Recompiled.)|Section 70-8-4 - Recompiled.

ANNOTATIONSRecompilation. — The Emergency Petroleum Products Supply Act has been recompiled by Laws 2005, ch. 22, § 4 as part of the Chapter 12, Article 12 NMSA 1978. Former Section 70-8-4 NMSA 1978 has been recompiled as 12-12-13 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2005.
NM Stat § 70-8-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 8 - Emergency Petroleum Products Supplies (Recompiled.)|Section 70-8-5 - Recompiled.

ANNOTATIONSRecompilation. — The Emergency Petroleum Products Supply Act has been recompiled by Laws 2005, ch. 22, § 4 as part of the Chapter 12, Article 12 NMSA 1978. Former Section 70-8-5 NMSA 1978 has been recompiled as 12-12-14 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2005.
NM Stat § 70-8-5.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 8 - Emergency Petroleum Products Supplies (Recompiled.)|Section 70-8-5.1 - Recompiled.

ANNOTATIONSRecompilation. — The Emergency Petroleum Products Supply Act has been recompiled by Laws 2005, ch. 22, § 4 as part of the Chapter 12, Article 12 NMSA 1978. Former Section 70-8-5.1 NMSA 1978 has been recompiled as 12-12-15 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2005.
NM Stat § 70-8-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 8 - Emergency Petroleum Products Supplies (Recompiled.)|Section 70-8-6 - Recompiled.

ANNOTATIONSRecompilation. — The Emergency Petroleum Products Supply Act has been recompiled by Laws 2005, ch. 22, § 4 as part of the Chapter 12, Article 12 NMSA 1978. Former Section 70-8-6 NMSA 1978 has been recompiled as 12-12-16 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2005.
NM Stat § 70-9-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 9 - Petroleum Recovery Research Center|Section 70-9-1 - New Mexico petroleum recovery research center.

There is hereby established a "New Mexico petroleum recovery research center" which shall be a division of the New Mexico institute of mining and technology and under the direction of its board of regents. History: 1953 Comp., § 73-27-28, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 143, § 1.
NM Stat § 70-9-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 9 - Petroleum Recovery Research Center|Section 70-9-2 - New Mexico petroleum recovery research center; duties.

The objectives and duties of the New Mexico petroleum recovery research center shall be as follows: A. to engage in theoretical and practical research into the recovery of petroleum and other energy resources; B. to disseminate the knowledge acquired; C. to assist, in all legal ways, persons and entities in the state in their efforts to effect additional recovery of petroleum and other energy resources from the state; D. to perform any and all tasks in the area of petroleum recovery and other energy research as directed by the board of regents of the New Mexico institute of mining and technology; and E. to cooperate with all other state and federal agencies as may be beneficial in carrying out the work of the New Mexico petroleum recovery research center. History: 1953 Comp., § 73-27-29, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 143, § 2.
NM Stat § 70-9-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 9 - Petroleum Recovery Research Center|Section 70-9-3 - Reports.

A. The board of regents shall cause to be prepared such reports showing the progress and condition of the center as the board may deem necessary or useful. B. The reports of the center shall be printed as the board of regents may direct and the reports may be distributed or sold by the board as the interest of the state or science may demand and the money obtained by the sale of the reports shall be paid into the account of the New Mexico institute of mining and technology. History: 1953 Comp., § 73-27-30, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 143, § 3.
NM Stat § 70-9-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 9 - Petroleum Recovery Research Center|Section 70-9-4 - Sources of income.

The center may receive appropriations from the state directly or through the board of regents and may receive any or other items of value from public or private sources. History: 1953 Comp., § 73-27-31, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 143, § 4.
NM Stat § 70-10-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 10 - Oil and Gas Proceeds Payments|Section 70-10-1 - Short title.

This act [70-10-1 to 70-10-3, 70-10-4, 70-10-5 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Oil and Gas Proceeds Payment Act". History: Laws 1985, ch. 55, § 1. ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 38 Am. Jur. 2d Gas and Oil §§ 77, 86, 91, 141, 189 et seq. Oil and gas royalty as real or personal property, 56 A.L.R.4th 539. 58 C.J.S. Mines and Minerals §§ 185 to 192, 213 to 219, 239.
NM Stat § 70-10-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 10 - Oil and Gas Proceeds Payments|Section 70-10-2 - Definitions.

As used in the Oil and Gas Proceeds Payment Act: A. "oil and gas" means crude oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, condensate or any other related hydrocarbons; B. "oil and gas proceeds" means all payments derived from oil and gas production from any well located in New Mexico, whether royalty interest, overriding royalty interest, production payment interest or working interest, expressed as a right to a specified interest in the cash proceeds received from the sale of oil and gas produced thereunder or the cash value thereof, subject to all taxes withheld therefrom pursuant to law, but excluding "net profits interests", and other types of interest the extent of which cannot be determined with reference to a specified share of such proceeds; and C. "payor" means the party who undertakes to distribute oil and gas proceeds to the parties entitled thereto, including, but not limited to, the first purchaser of such production or as operator of the well from which such production was obtained or as lessee under the lease on which royalty is due. History: Laws 1985, ch. 55, § 2; 1991, ch. 235, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, substituted "including, but not limited to" for "whether as" in Subsection C.
NM Stat § 70-10-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 10 - Oil and Gas Proceeds Payments|Section 70-10-3 - Payment of oil and gas proceeds; time for payment.

The oil and gas proceeds derived from the sale of production from any well producing oil, gas or related hydrocarbons in New Mexico shall be paid to all persons legally entitled to such payments, commencing not later than six months after the first day of the month following the date of first sale and thereafter not later than forty-five days after the end of the calendar month within which payment is received by payor for production unless other periods or arrangements are provided for in a valid contract with the person entitled to such proceeds. Payment shall be made directly to the person or persons entitled thereto by the payor and payment shall be deemed to have been made upon deposit in the United States mail. History: Laws 1985, ch. 55, § 3. ANNOTATIONSAllegations for claim. — Based on the plain language of the statute, in order to maintain an Oil and Gas Proceeds Payment Act claim, a party must allege a potentially successful claim for underpayment of royalties or theory of liability showing that it is legally entitled to such payments, independent of any claim under the Oil and Gas Payment Act. Elliott Indus. Ltd. P'ship v. Conoco, Inc., 407 F.3d 1091 (10th Cir. 2005).
NM Stat § 70-10-3.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 10 - Oil and Gas Proceeds Payments|Section 70-10-3.1 - Duty to locate.

A. The operator or lessee arranging for the sale of oil and gas shall furnish the payor with the name, the address and the percentage of interest of each person to whom payment is to be made, as well as proof of marketable title to all of the oil and gas to be sold. B. The payor shall make a diligent effort to furnish each interest owner with a reasonable division or transfer order that will set forth the proper interest to which the interest owner is entitled, as well as the mailing address to which payment may be directed. C. If the purchaser or payor is unable to locate any person listed by the operator or lessee then the purchaser or payor shall notify the operator or lessee that he has been unable to locate or obtain the address of the person entitled to payment. History: 1978 Comp., § 70-10-3.1, enacted by Laws 1991, ch. 235, § 2.
NM Stat § 70-10-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 10 - Oil and Gas Proceeds Payments|Section 70-10-5 - Application; penalty.

If a payor fails to make payment to the person entitled to payment within the period provided in Section 70-10-3 NMSA 1978 and after the payor has been furnished with the information required by Section 70-10-3.1 NMSA 1978, the payor shall pay the person the unpaid amount of the payment and in lieu of the interest provided in Section 70-10-4 NMSA 1978 shall pay interest at the rate of eighteen percent per year on the unpaid balance due, unless payment is excused by the happening of one or more of the following: A. the payor fails to make payment in good-faith reliance upon a title opinion by a licensed New Mexico attorney making objection to the lack of good and marketable title of record in the party claiming entitlement to payment and furnishes a copy thereof to such party for curative action required thereby; B. the payor receives information that in his good-faith judgment brings into question the entitlement of the person claiming the right to the payment to receive the payment or that has rendered the marketable title of record unmarketable or that may expose the payor to the risk of multiple liability or liability to third parties if the payment is made; C. the total amount of oil and gas proceeds in the possession of the payor owed to the owner of the oil and gas proceeds making claim to payment is less than one hundred dollars ($100) at the end of any month; or D. the party entitled to payment has failed or refused to execute a reasonable division or transfer order acknowledging the proper interest to which he claims to be entitled and setting forth a mailing address to which payment may be directed. History: 1978 Comp., § 70-10-5, enacted by Laws 1991, ch. 235, § 4. ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 1991, ch. 235, § 4 repealed former 70-10-5 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 55, § 5, relating to application, and enacted a new section, effective June 14, 1991.
NM Stat § 70-10-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 10 - Oil and Gas Proceeds Payments|Section 70-10-6 - Attorneys' fees.

The prevailing party in any proceedings brought pursuant to the Oil and Gas Proceeds Payment Act shall be entitled to recover all court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. History: 1978 Comp., § 70-10-6, enacted by Laws 1991, ch. 235, § 5.
NM Stat § 70-11-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas|Article 11 - Office of Interstate Natural Gas Markets|Section 70-11-1 - Purpose.

The purpose of this act [70-11-1 to 70-11-6 NMSA 1978] is to protect the economic well-being of New Mexico's interstate natural gas markets and revenues derived from those markets by conducting economic and legal studies of the federal energy regulatory commission and regulatory agencies and local distributing companies lying outside New Mexico and by authorizing the newly created office of interstate natural gas markets to take steps to protect those interests. History: Laws 1989, ch. 189, § 1.