New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 21 - GAS PRORATION AND ALLOCATION › Section 19.15.21.13 - TESTS AND TEST PROCEDURES FOR PRORATED POOLS IN NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Type of tests
				required for wells completed in prorated gas pools.
(1) Reclassified GPUs. An operator of a well
				on a GPU that the director has reclassified as non-marginal shall conduct
				deliverability tests on that well within 90 days of the order reclassifying it,
				unless there are current tests on file with the division or that order requires
				a new test. A current test is a test that was conducted during the last test
				period for that pool or later.
(2)
				Non-marginal GPUs. Operators shall conduct deliverability tests on wells on
				non-marginal GPUs every five years. If the division determines that a well's
				test data and production data warrant more frequent testing of the well, the
				division may set up special testing schedules for that well.
(3) Scheduling of tests.
(a) Notification of pools to be tested. By
				September 1 of each year the division's Aztec district office shall notify
				operators of non-marginal GPUs if their wells will be tested during the
				following test period.
(b) The
				operators shall file the results of all deliverability tests required with the
				Aztec district office within 90 days following the completion of each test.
				Provided however, that a test completed between December 31 of the test year
				and March 10 of the following year is due no later than March 31. The division
				shall not grant an extension of time for filing tests beyond March 31 except
				after notice and hearing.
(c) The
				operator's failure to file a test within the above-prescribed times subjects
				the GPU to the loss of one day's allowable for each day the test is
				late.
(d) A well scheduled for
				testing during its test year may have the conditioning period, test flow period
				and part of the seven-day shut-in period conducted in December of the previous
				year provided that, if the seven-day shut-in period immediately follows the
				test flow period, the operator shall measure the seven-day shut-in pressure in
				January of the test year. The earliest date that a well can be scheduled for a
				deliverability test is such that the test flow period would end on December 25
				of the previous year.
(e) Downhole
				commingled wells are to be scheduled for tests on dates for the pool of the
				well's lowermost prorated completion.
(f) In the event the division shuts-in a well
				for overproduction, the operator may produce the well for a period of time to
				secure a test after written notification to the division. The operator shall
				use gas produced during this testing period in determining the well's
				over/under produced status.
(g) An
				operator may schedule a well for a deliverability retest upon notification to
				the Aztec district office at least 10 days before the operator will commence
				the test. The retest shall be for substantial reason and is subject to the
				division's approval. The operator shall conduct a retest in conformance with
				the deliverability test procedures of 19.15.21.13 NMAC. The division may
				require the retesting of a well by notification to the operator to schedule the
				retest. The operator shall identify these tests, as filed on form C-122-A, as
				"RETEST" in the remarks column.
(4) Witnessing of tests. Any or all of the
				following may witness a deliverability test: a division representative, an
				offset operator, a representative of the gas transportation facility connected
				to the well under test or a representative of the gas transportation facility
				taking gas from an offset operator.