reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 16 - DRILLING AND PRODUCTION › Section 19.15.16.16 - MULTIPLE COMPLETIONS; BRADENHEAD GAS WELLS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Multiple completions.
(1) Filing. An operator intending to multiple
				complete shall file form C-101 or C-103 with the division for approval before
				completing and C-104 after completing along with information required by the
				form instructions.
(2) Operation
				and testing.
(a) The operator shall complete
				and produce wells so that commingling of hydrocarbons from separate pools does
				not occur.
(b) The operator shall
				commence a segregation or packer leakage test within 20 days after the multiple
				completion. The operator shall also make segregation tests or packer leakage
				tests any time the packer is disturbed. The operator shall conduct other tests
				and determinations the division requires. The operator shall notify the
				appropriate division district office 48 hours in advance of tests so the
				district office may schedule personnel to witness the tests. Offset operators
				may witness such tests and shall advise the operator in writing if they desire
				to be notified of the tests. The operator shall file test results with the
				division within 20 days of test completion. In the event a segregation or
				packer leakage test indicates communication between separate pools, the
				operator shall immediately notify the division and commence corrective action
				on the well.
(c) The operator shall
				equip wells so that reservoir pressure may be determined for each of the
				separate pools, and may install meters so that the gas or oil produced from
				each of the separate pools may be accurately measured.
(d) No multiple completion shall produce in a
				manner unnecessarily wasting reservoir energy.
(e) The division may require the operator to
				properly plug a zone of a multiple-completed well if the plugging appears
				necessary to prevent waste, protect correlative rights or protect ground water,
				public health or the environment.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 16 - DRILLING AND PRODUCTION › Section 19.15.16.17 - SHOOTING AND CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF WELLS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
If shooting, fracturing or treating a well injures the
				  producing formation, injection interval, casing or casing seat and may create
				  underground waste or contaminate fresh water, the operator shall within five
				  working days notify in writing the division and proceed with diligence to use
				  the appropriate method and means for rectifying the damage. If shooting,
				  fracturing or chemical treating results in the well's irreparable injury the
				  division may require the operator to properly plug and abandon the
				  well.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 16 - DRILLING AND PRODUCTION › Section 19.15.16.18 - WELL AND LEASE EQUIPMENT

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. The
				operator shall install and maintain christmas tree fittings or wellhead
				connections in first class condition so that necessary pressure tests may
				easily be made on flowing wells. On oil wells the christmas tree fittings shall
				have a test pressure rating at least equivalent to the calculated or known
				pressure in the reservoir from which production is expected. On gas wells the
				christmas tree fittings shall have a test pressure equivalent to at least 150
				percent of the calculated or known pressure in the reservoir from which
				production is expected.
B. The
				operator shall install and maintain valves in good working order to permit
				pressures to be obtained on both casing and tubing. The operator shall equip
				each flowing well to control properly the flowing of each well, and in case of
				an oil well, produce the well into an oil and gas separator of a type the
				industry generally uses.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 16 - DRILLING AND PRODUCTION › Section 19.15.16.19 - LOG, COMPLETION AND WORKOVER REPORTS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
Completion report.
Within 45
				days after the completion of a well drilled for oil or gas, or the recompletion
				of a well into a different common source of supply, the operator shall file a
				completion report with the division on form C-105. For the purpose of
				19.15.16.19 NMAC, a hole drilled or cored below fresh water or that penetrates
				oil- or gas-bearing formations or that an owner drills is presumed to be a well
				drilled for oil or gas. The operator shall signify on form C-105, or
				alternatively on form C-103, whether the well has been hydraulically
				fractured.
B.
Hydraulic
				fracture disclosure.
For a hydraulically fractured well, the operator
				shall also complete and file with the FracFocus chemical disclosure registry a
				completed hydraulic fracturing disclosure within 45 days after completion,
				recompletion or other hydraulic fracturing treatment of the well. The hydraulic
				fracturing disclosure shall be completed on a then current edition of the
				hydraulic fluid product component information form published by FracFocus and
				shall include complete and correct responses disclosing all information called
				for by the FracFocus form, provided that:
(1)
				the division does not require the reporting of information beyond the material
				safety data sheet data as described in
				29 C.F.R.
				1910.1200;
(2) the division does not require the
				reporting or disclosure of proprietary, trade secret or confidential business
				information; and
(3) the division
				shall download and archive New Mexico FracFocus submissions on a quarterly
				basis.
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

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 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.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 16 - DRILLING AND PRODUCTION › Section 19.15.16.21 - WATER USE REPORT

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. For a
				hydraulically fractured well, an operator shall report, on form C-103 or C-105,
				the amount of water reported on the disclosure required by Subsection B of
				19.15.16.19
				NMAC and the breakdown of that amount by:
(1)
				produced water;
(2) water other
				than produced water that has 10,000 or more mg/l TDS;
(3) water other than produced water that has
				more than 1,000 mg/l TDS but less than 10,000 mg/l TDS; and
(4) water other than produced water that has
				1,000 mg/l TDS or less.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 17 - PITS, CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMS, BELOW-GRADE TANKS AND SUMPS › Section 19.15.17.1 - ISSUING AGENCY

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, Oil
				  Conservation Division.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 17 - PITS, CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMS, BELOW-GRADE TANKS AND SUMPS › Section 19.15.17.2 - SCOPE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
19.15.17 NMAC applies to persons engaged in oil and gas
				  development and production within New Mexico.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 17 - PITS, CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMS, BELOW-GRADE TANKS AND SUMPS › Section 19.15.17.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
19.15.17 NMAC is adopted pursuant to the Oil and Gas Act,
				  NMSA 1978, Section
				  70-2-6,
				  Section
				  70-2-11
				  and Section
				  70-2-12.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 17 - PITS, CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMS, BELOW-GRADE TANKS AND SUMPS › Section 19.15.17.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
June 28, 2013, unless a later date is cited at the end of a
				  section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 17 - PITS, CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMS, BELOW-GRADE TANKS AND SUMPS › Section 19.15.17.6 - OBJECTIVE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
To regulate pits, closed-loop systems, and below-grade tanks
				  and sumps used in connection with oil and gas operations for the protection of
				  fresh water, public health and the environment.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 17 - PITS, CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMS, BELOW-GRADE TANKS AND SUMPS › Section 19.15.17.8 - PERMIT OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. A person shall not construct or use a pit
				except in accordance with a division-issued permit. Only an operator may apply
				for a division-issued permit. After June 16, 2008, an unlined pit is prohibited
				and the division shall not issue a permit for an unlined pit.
B. The division may issue a single permit for
				all pits or division-approved alternative methods associated with a single
				application for permit to drill.
C.
				All below-grade tanks installed after June 28, 2013 must be registered with the
				appropriate division district office. The operator shall file a single
				registration for all below-grade tanks associated with a single application for
				permit to drill.
D. Closed-loop
				systems and sumps do not require a division-issued permit or registration with
				the division's district office.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 17 - PITS, CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMS, BELOW-GRADE TANKS AND SUMPS › Section 19.15.17.9 - PERMIT APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. An operator shall use the appropriate form
				C-144 to apply to the division for a permit to construct or use a pit or
				proposed alternative method, or to register a below-grade tank. The operator
				shall submit the form C-144 either separately or as an attachment to a permit
				application for a facility with which the pit, below-grade tank or proposed
				alternative method will be associated. An operator shall use a C-101, C-103 or
				applicable bureau of land management form to notify the appropriate division
				district office of construction or use of a closed-loop system.
B. The permit application shall include a
				detailed plan as follows.
(1) Permanent pits.
				A registered professional engineer shall certify engineering, design and
				construction specifications as contained in the plan for permanent pits. The
				plan shall include:
(a) a quality
				control/quality assurance construction and installation plan;
(b) operating and maintenance
				procedures;
(c) a closure
				plan;
(d) a hydrogeologic report
				that provides sufficient information and detail on the site's topography,
				soils, geology, surface hydrology and ground water hydrology to enable the
				division's Santa Fe office to evaluate the actual and potential effects on
				soils, surface water and ground water;
(e) detailed information on dike protection
				and structural integrity; and leak detection, including an adequate fluid
				collection and removal system;
(f)
				liner specifications and compatibility;
(g) freeboard and overtopping
				prevention;
(h) prevention of
				nuisance or hazardous odors, including H2S;
(i) an emergency response plan, unless the
				permanent pit is part of a facility that has an integrated contingency
				plan;
(j) type of oil field waste
				stream;
(k) climatological factors,
				including freeze-thaw cycles;
(l) a
				monitoring and inspection plan;
(m)
				erosion control; and
(n) other
				pertinent information the environmental bureau in the division's Santa Fe
				office requests.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 17 - PITS, CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMS, BELOW-GRADE TANKS AND SUMPS › Section 19.15.17.10 - SITING REQUIREMENTS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Except
				as otherwise provided in 19.15.17 NMAC.
(1)
				An operator shall not locate a temporary pit containing low chloride fluid:
(a) where ground water is less than 25 feet
				below the bottom of the pit; a variance may be granted for a pit used solely to
				cavitate a coal bed methane well and where the operator demonstrated that the
				proposed operation will protect groundwater during the temporary pit's
				use;
(b) within (i) 100 feet of any
				continuously flowing watercourse or any other significant watercourse, or (ii)
				200 feet of any lakebed, sinkhole or playa lake (measured from the ordinary
				high-water mark);
(c) within 300
				feet from an occupied permanent residence, school, hospital, institution or
				church in existence at the time of initial application;
(d) within (i) 200 feet of a spring or a
				private, domestic fresh water well used by less than five households for
				domestic or stock watering purposes, or (ii) 300 feet of any other fresh water
				well or spring, in existence at the time of the initial application;
(e) within incorporated municipal boundaries
				or within a defined municipal fresh water well field covered under a municipal
				ordinance adopted pursuant to NMSA 1978, Section
				3-27-3,
				as amended, unless the municipality specifically approves;
(f) within 100 feet of a wetland;
(g) within the area overlying a subsurface
				mine, unless a variance is granted that approves the proposed location based
				upon the operator's demonstration that the temporary pit's construction and use
				will not compromise the subsurface integrity;
(h) within an unstable area, unless a
				variance is granted upon a demonstration that the operator has incorporated
				engineering measures into the design to ensure that the temporary pit's
				integrity is not compromised; or
(i) within a 100-year floodplain.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 17 - PITS, CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMS, BELOW-GRADE TANKS AND SUMPS › Section 19.15.17.11 - DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. General specifications. An operator shall
				design and construct a pit, closed-loop system, below-grade tank or sump to
				contain liquids and solids; prevent contamination of fresh water; and protect
				public health and the environment.
B. Stockpiling of topsoil. Prior to
				constructing a pit, except a pit constructed in an emergency, the operator
				shall strip and stockpile the topsoil for use as the final cover or fill at the
				time of closure.
C. Signs. The
				operator shall post an upright sign not less than 12 inches by 24 inches with
				lettering not less than two inches in height in a conspicuous place on the
				fence surrounding the pit or below-grade tank, unless the pit or below-grade
				tank is located on a site where there is an existing well, signed in compliance
				with 19.15.16.8 NMAC, that is operated by the same operator. The operator shall
				post the sign in a manner and location such that a person can easily read the
				legend. The sign shall provide the following information: the operator's name;
				the location of the site by quarter-quarter or unit letter, section, township
				and range; and emergency telephone numbers.
D. Fencing.
(1) The operator shall fence or enclose a pit
				or below-grade tank in a manner that deters unauthorized access and shall
				maintain the fences in good repair. Fences are not required if there is an
				adequate surrounding perimeter fence that prevents unauthorized access to the
				well site or facility, including the pit or below-grade tank. During drilling
				or workover operations, the operator is not required to fence the edge of the
				pit adjacent to the drilling or workover rig.
(2) The operator shall fence or enclose a pit
				located within 1000 feet of an occupied permanent residence, school, hospital,
				institution or church with a chain link security fence, at least six feet in
				height with at least two strands of barbed wire at the top. The operator shall
				ensure that all gates associated with the fence are closed and locked when
				responsible personnel are not onsite. During drilling or workover operations,
				the operator is not required to fence the edge of the temporary pit adjacent to
				the drilling or workover rig.
(3)
				The operator shall fence any other pit or below-grade tank to exclude livestock
				with a four foot fence that has at least four strands of barbed wire evenly
				spaced in the interval between one foot and four feet above ground
				level.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 17 - PITS, CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMS, BELOW-GRADE TANKS AND SUMPS › Section 19.15.17.12 - OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
				General specifications. An operator shall maintain and operate a pit or
				closed-loop system, below-grade tank or sump in accordance with the following
				requirements.
(1) The operator shall operate
				and maintain a pit or closed-loop system, below-grade tank or sump to contain
				liquids and solids and maintain the integrity of the liner, liner system or
				secondary containment system, prevent contamination of fresh water and protect
				public health and the environment.
(2) The operator shall recycle, reuse,
				reclaim or dispose of all drilling fluids in a manner consistent with division
				rules.
(3) The operator shall not
				discharge into or store any hazardous waste in a pit, closed-loop system,
				below-grade tank or sump.
(4) If a
				pit liner's integrity is compromised above the liquid's surface then the
				operator shall repair the damage or initiate replacement of the liner within 48
				hours of discovery or seek a variance from the appropriate division district
				office.
(5) If a pit or below-grade
				tank develops a leak, or if any penetration of the pit liner occurs below the
				liquid's surface, then the operator shall remove all liquid above the damage or
				leak within 48 hours of discovery, notify the appropriate division office
				pursuant to 19.15.29 NMAC and repair the damage or replace the pit liner or
				below-grade tank as applicable.
(6)
				The injection or withdrawal of liquids from a pit shall be accomplished through
				a header, diverter or other hardware that prevents damage to the liner by
				erosion, fluid jets or impact from installation and removal of hoses or
				pipes.
(7) The operator shall
				operate and install a pit, below-grade tank or sump to prevent the collection
				of surface water run-on.
(8) The
				operator shall install, or maintain on site, an oil absorbent boom or other
				device to contain an unanticipated release.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 17 - PITS, CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMS, BELOW-GRADE TANKS AND SUMPS › Section 19.15.17.13 - CLOSURE AND SITE RECLAMATION REQUIREMENTS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Closure plans. A closure plan that an
				operator submits in an application or registration pursuant to Subsection B of
				19.15.17.9 NMAC, or any other closure plan required pursuant to 19.15.17 NMAC,
				shall describe the proposed closure method and the proposed procedures and
				protocols to implement and complete the closure.
B. Closure plans for a multi-well fluid
				management pit shall be filed with the appropriate division district office and
				shall describe the proposed procedures and protocols for the removal of all
				unused stimulation liquids and the disposition of liner materials and other pit
				contents.
C. Closure where wastes
				are destined for disposal at division approved off-site facilities. This
				subsection applies to permanent pits, temporary pits, multi-well fluid
				management pits, drying pads and tanks associated with closed-loop systems and
				below-grade tanks.
(1) Notwithstanding the
				following, the operator of any pit or below-grade tank shall not commence
				closure without first obtaining approval of the closure plan submitted with the
				permit application or registration pursuant to 19.15.17.9 NMAC.
(2) The operator shall close the pit, drying
				pad or below-grade tank by first removing all contents and, if applicable,
				synthetic liners and transferring those materials to a division approved
				facility.
(3) The operator shall
				test the soils beneath the pit, drying pad for closed-loop system or
				below-grade tank as follows.
(a) At a
				minimum, a five point composite sample to include any obvious stained or wet
				soils, or other evidence of contamination shall be taken under the liner or the
				below-grade tank and that sample shall be analyzed for the constituents listed
				in Table I of 19.15.17.13 NMAC.
(b)
				If any contaminant concentration is higher than the parameters listed in Table
				I of 19.15.17.13 NMAC, the division may require additional delineation upon
				review of the results and the operator must receive approval before proceeding
				with closure.
(c) If all
				contaminant concentrations are less than or equal to the parameters listed in
				Table I of 19.15.17.13 NMAC, then the operator can proceed to backfill the pit,
				pad, or excavation with non-waste containing, uncontaminated, earthen
				material.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 17 - PITS, CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMS, BELOW-GRADE TANKS AND SUMPS › Section 19.15.17.14 - EMERGENCY ACTIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Permit
				not required. In an emergency an operator may construct a pit without a permit
				to contain fluids, solids or wastes, if an immediate danger to fresh water,
				public health or the environment exists.
B. Construction standards. The operator shall
				construct an emergency pit, to the extent possible given the emergency, in a
				manner that is consistent with the requirements for a temporary pit specified
				in 19.15.17 NMAC and that prevents the contamination of fresh water and
				protects public health and the environment.
C. Notice. The operator shall notify the
				appropriate division district office as soon as possible (if possible before
				construction begins) of the need for such pit's construction.
D. Use and duration. A pit constructed in an
				emergency may be used only for the emergency's duration. If the emergency lasts
				more than 48 hours, then the operator shall seek the appropriate division
				district office's approval for the pit's continued use. The operator shall
				remove all fluids, solids or wastes within 48 hours after cessation of use
				unless the appropriate division district office extends that time
				period.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 17 - PITS, CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMS, BELOW-GRADE TANKS AND SUMPS › Section 19.15.17.15 - EXCEPTIONS AND VARIANCES

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
				Variances.
(1) An operator shall demonstrate
				with a complete application to the appropriate division district office that
				the requested variance provides equal or better protection of fresh water,
				public health and the environment. The appropriate division district office
				shall approve or deny the variance within 60 days of receipt of the complete
				application.
(2) If the appropriate
				division district office denies the variance then it shall notify the operator
				within 60 days of receipt of the complete application for the reasons of denial
				by certified mail, return receipt requested. If the operator requests a hearing
				within 10 days after receipt of such notice, the division shall set the matter
				for hearing, with notice to the operator and the appropriate division district
				office.
(3) An application for a
				variance shall include:
(a) a statement in
				detail explaining why the applicant wants to vary from the requirement of
				19.15.17 NMAC, and
(b) a detailed
				written demonstration that the variance will provide equal or better protection
				of fresh water, public health and the environment.
(4) If a variance goes to hearing pursuant to
				Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of 19.15.17.15 NMAC, in addition to the hearing
				process required by 19.15.4 NMAC, the application for hearing shall include:
(a) a copy of the complete application
				submitted for a variance under Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of 19.15.17.15
				NMAC;
(b) proof of notification to
				the surface owner of the location of the requested variance.
(5) The division clerk will set
				the application for hearing as soon as practicable.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 18 - PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICES › Section 19.15.18.2 - SCOPE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
19.15.18 NMAC applies to persons engaged in oil and gas
				  development and production within New Mexico.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 18 - PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICES › Section 19.15.18.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
19.15.18 NMAC is adopted pursuant to the Oil and Gas Act,
				  Section
				  70-2-6,
				  Section
				  70-2-11
				  and Section
				  70-2-12
				  NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 18 - PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICES › Section 19.15.18.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
December 1, 2008, unless a later date is cited at the end of
				  a section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 18 - PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICES › Section 19.15.18.6 - OBJECTIVE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
To regulate the production of oil and gas wells within the
				  state in order to prevent waste, protect correlative rights and protect public
				  health and the environment.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 18 - PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICES › Section 19.15.18.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
"Drip" means a liquid hydrocarbon incidentally accumulating
				  in a gas gathering or transportation system.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 18 - PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICES › Section 19.15.18.8 - GAS-OIL RATIO AND PRODUCTION TESTS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. An operator shall take a gas-oil ratio
				test no sooner than 20 days nor later than 30 days following the completion or
				recompletion of each oil well, if:
(1) the
				well is a wildcat, or
(2) the well
				is located in a pool that is not exempt from 19.15.18.8 NMAC's
				requirements.
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

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
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.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 18 - PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICES › Section 19.15.18.10 - CONTROL OF MULTIPLE COMPLETED WELLS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The operator shall at all times operate, produce and maintain
				  multiple completed wells that the division has authorized in a manner to ensure
				  the complete segregation of the various common sources of supply. The division
				  may require the operator take tests the division deems necessary to determine
				  the effectiveness of segregation of the different common sources of
				  supply.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 18 - PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICES › Section 19.15.18.13 - OPERATION AT BELOW ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. An operator may use vacuum pumps,
				gathering system compressors or other devices to operate a well or gathering
				system at below atmospheric pressure only if that operator has:
(1) executed a written agreement with the
				operator of the downstream gathering system or pipeline to which the well or
				gathering system so operated is immediately connected allowing operation of the
				well or gathering system at below atmospheric pressure; and
(2) filed a sundry notice in the appropriate
				division district office for each well operated at below atmospheric pressure
				or served by a gathering system operated at below atmospheric pressure, within
				90 days before beginning operation at below atmospheric pressure, notifying the
				division that the well or gathering system serving the well is being operated
				at below atmospheric pressure.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 18 - PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICES › Section 19.15.18.14 - PRODUCED WATER

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
An operator shall report monthly on form C-115 the amount of
				  water produced with the oil and gas from each well.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 18 - PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICES › Section 19.15.18.15 - AUTOMATIC CUSTODY TRANSFER EQUIPMENT

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Oil shall be received and measured in
				facilities of an approved design. The facilities shall permit the testing of
				each well at reasonable intervals and may be comprised of manually gauged,
				closed stock tanks for which the operator of the ACT system has prepared proper
				strapping tables, or of ACT equipment. The division shall permit ACT
				equipment's use only after the operator complies with the following. The
				operator shall file with the division form C-106 and receive approval for use
				of the ACT equipment prior to transferring oil through the ACT system. The
				carrier shall not accept delivery of oil through the ACT system until the
				division has approved form C-106.
B. The operator of the ACT system shall
				submit form C-106 to the appropriate division district office, which is
				accompanied by the following:
(1) plat of the
				lease showing all wells that the any well operator will produce into the ACT
				system;
(2) schematic diagram of
				the ACT equipment, showing on the diagram all major components such as surge
				tanks and their capacity, extra storage tanks and their capacity, transfer
				pumps, monitors, reroute valves, treaters, samplers, strainers, air and gas
				eliminators, back pressure valves and metering devices (indicating type and
				capacity,
i.e.
whether automatic measuring tank, positive
				volume metering chamber, weir-type measuring vessel or positive displacement
				meter); the schematic diagram shall also show means employed to prove the
				measuring device's accuracy; and
(3) letter from transporter agreeing to
				utilization of ACT system as shown on schematic diagram.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 18 - PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICES › Section 19.15.18.16 - TANKS, OIL TANKS, FIRE WALLS AND TANK IDENTIFICATION

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. No person shall store or retain oil in
				earthen reservoirs or in open receptacles. Dikes or fire walls are not required
				except an operator shall erect and maintain fire walls around permanent oil
				tanks or tank batteries that are within the corporate limits of a city, town or
				village, or where such tanks are closer than 150 feet to a producing oil or gas
				well or 500 feet to a highway or inhabited dwelling or closer than 1000 feet to
				a school or church, or where the tanks are so located that the division deems
				them an objectional hazard. Where fire walls are required, fire walls shall
				form a reservoir having a capacity one-third larger than the capacity of the
				enclosed tank or tanks.
B. The
				operator shall identify oil tanks, tank batteries, ACT systems, tanks used for
				produced water collection or disposal and tanks used for sediment oil treatment
				or storage by a sign posted on or not more than 50 feet from the tank, tank
				battery or system. The sign shall be of durable construction and the operator
				shall keep the lettering on the sign in a legible condition; the lettering
				shall be large enough to be legible under normal conditions at a distance of 50
				feet and the sign shall identify the operator's name, the name of the lease
				being served by the tank or system, if any, and the location of the tank or
				system by unit letter, section, township and range.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 18 - PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICES › Section 19.15.18.18 - EMULSION, BASIC SEDIMENTS AND TANK BOTTOMS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The operator shall operate wells producing oil in a manner
				  that reduces as much as practicable the formation of emulsion and basic
				  sediments. No person shall allow these substances and tank bottoms to pollute
				  fresh waters or cause surface damage.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 18 - PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICES › Section 19.15.18.19 - GATHERING, TRANSPORTING AND SALE OF DRIP

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. The waste of drip is prohibited when it is
				economically feasible to salvage the drip.
B. A person may move and sell drip, provided
				it complies with 19.15.18.19 NMAC.
C. A person shall not transport or sell drip
				until the gas transporter files form C-104 designating the drip transporter
				authorized to remove the drip from its gas gathering or transportation
				system.
D. Each month, a person
				transporting drip within the state shall complete and maintain for division
				inspection form C-112, showing the amount, source and disposition of drip
				handled during the reporting period, and such other reports as the division may
				require.
E. Prior to commencement
				of operations, every person transporting drip directly from a gas gathering or
				transportation system shall file with the division plats drawn to scale,
				locating and identifying each drip trap that the person is authorized to
				service.
F. A person transporting
				drip directly from a gas gathering or transportation system shall keep a record
				of daily acquisitions from each drip trap that the person is authorized to
				service and make the records available at all reasonable times for inspection
				by the division or its authorized representatives.
G. A gas transporter shall, on or before the
				first day of November of each year, file with the division maps of its entire
				gas gathering and transportation systems, locating and identifying on the map
				each drip trap in the systems, the maps to be accompanied by a report, on a
				division-prescribed form, showing the disposition being made of the drip from
				each of the drip traps.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 19 - NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICE › Section 19.15.19.2 - SCOPE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
19.15.19 NMAC applies to persons engaged in gas development
				  and production within New Mexico.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 19 - NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICE › Section 19.15.19.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
19.15.19 NMAC is adopted pursuant to the Oil and Gas Act,
				  Section
				  70-2-6,
				  Section
				  70-2-11
				  and Section
				  70-2-12
				  NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 19 - NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICE › Section 19.15.19.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
December 1, 2008, unless a later date is cited at the end of
				  a section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 19 - NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICE › Section 19.15.19.6 - OBJECTIVE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
To regulate the gas production within the state in order to
				  prevent waste, protect correlative rights and protect public health and the
				  environment.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 19 - NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICE › Section 19.15.19.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
[RESERVED]
[See
				  19.15.2.7
				  NMAC for definitions.]
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 19 - NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICE › Section 19.15.19.8 - METHOD OF DETERMINING GAS WELL POTENTIAL

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. An operator shall conduct tests to
				determine the daily open flow potential volumes of gas wells from which gas is
				being used or marketed. The operator shall report the tests on
				division-prescribed forms within 60 days after
(1) the date of the well's initial connection
				to a gas transportation facility; and
(2) the date of reconnection following
				workover.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 19 - NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICE › Section 19.15.19.9 - GAS FROM GAS WELLS TO BE MEASURED

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. The transporter of gas produced shall
				account for the gas by metering or other division-approved method and report it
				to the division. The owner or operator of the gas transportation facility shall
				report gas produced from a gas well and delivered to a gas transportation
				facility. The well operator shall report gas produced from a gas well and
				required to be reported by 19.15.19.9 NMAC that is not delivered to and
				reported by a gas transportation facility.
B. An operator may apply to the district
				supervisor, using form C-136, for approval of one of the following procedures
				for measuring gas.
(1) In the event a well is
				not capable of producing more than 15 MCFD, a measurement method agreed upon by
				the operator and transporter whereby the parties establish by annual test the
				producing rate of the well under normal operating conditions and apply that
				rate to the period of time the well is in a producing status. If the well is
				capable of producing greater than five MCFD, the transporter shall attach a
				device to the line that determines the actual time period that the well is
				flowing.
(2) An operator may
				produce a well that has a producing capacity of 100 MCFD or less and that is on
				a multi-well lease without the well being separately metered when the gas is
				measured using a lease meter at a CPD. The lease's ownership shall be common
				throughout including working interest, royalty and overriding royalty
				ownership.
(3) If normal operating
				conditions change, either party may request a new well test, the cost of which
				the party requesting the new well test shall bear unless the parties otherwise
				agree.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 19 - NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICE › Section 19.15.19.11 - STORAGE GAS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
With the exception of the requirement to meter and report
				  monthly the amount of gas injected and the amount of gas withdrawn from
				  storage, in the absence of waste 19.15.19 NMAC shall not apply to gas being
				  injected into or removed from storage. (See
				  19.15.7.40
				  NMAC)
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 19 - NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICE › Section 19.15.19.12 - CARBON DIOXIDE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The rules relating to gas, gas wells and gas reservoirs
				  including those provisions relating to well locations, acreage dedication
				  requirements, casing and cementing requirements and measuring and reporting of
				  production also apply to carbon dioxide gas, carbon dioxide wells and carbon
				  dioxide reservoirs.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 19 - NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION OPERATING PRACTICE › Section 19.15.19.13 - DISCONNECTION OF GAS WELLS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The operator shall report gas wells that are disconnected
				  from intrastate gas transportation facilities to the division within 30 days of
				  the date of disconnection. The operator shall file the notice on form C-130 in
				  compliance with
				  19.15.7.39
				  NMAC.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 20 - OIL PRORATION AND ALLOCATION › Section 19.15.20.2 - SCOPE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
19.15.20 NMAC applies to persons engaged in oil development
				  and production within New Mexico.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 20 - OIL PRORATION AND ALLOCATION › Section 19.15.20.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
19.15.20 NMAC is adopted pursuant to the Oil and Gas Act,
				  NMSA 1978, Section
				  70-2-6,
				  Section
				  70-2-11,
				  Section
				  70-2-12,
				  Section
				  70-2-16
				  and Section
				  70-2-17.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 20 - OIL PRORATION AND ALLOCATION › Section 19.15.20.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
December 1, 2008, unless a later date is cited at the end of
				  a section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 20 - OIL PRORATION AND ALLOCATION › Section 19.15.20.6 - OBJECTIVE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
To establish requirements implementing the division's
				  statutory authority to prorate and allocate oil production.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 20 - OIL PRORATION AND ALLOCATION › Section 19.15.20.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. "Date of
				completion" means the date when new oil is delivered into the stock
				tanks.
B. "Marginal unit" means a
				proration unit that is incapable of producing the top proration unit allowable
				for the pool in which it is located as evidenced by well tests, production
				history or other report or form the operator files with the division.
C. "Non-marginal unit" means a proration unit
				that is incapable of producing top proration unit allowable for the pool in
				which it is located and to which the division has assigned a top proration unit
				allowable.
D. "Recovered load oil"
				means oil or liquid hydrocarbon that has been used in an operation in an oil or
				gas well, and that has been recovered as a merchantable product.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 20 - OIL PRORATION AND ALLOCATION › Section 19.15.20.8 - REGULATION OF OIL POOLS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. To
				prevent waste, the division shall prorate and distribute the allowable
				production among the producers in a pool upon a reasonable basis and
				recognizing correlative rights.
B.
				After notice and hearing, the division, in order to prevent waste and protect
				correlative rights, may enter special orders pertaining to a pool.