New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS › Section 19.15.2.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
These definitions apply to 19.15.2 NMAC through 19.15.39
				  NMAC.
A.
Definitions beginning
				with the letter "A"
.
(1)
"Abate"
means to investigate, contain, remove or mitigate water
				pollution.
(2)
"Abatement"
means the investigation, containment, removal or other
				mitigation of water pollution.
(3)
"Abatement plan"
means a description of operational, monitoring,
				contingency and closure requirements and conditions for water pollution's
				prevention, investigation and abatement.
(4)
"Act" or "Oil and Gas Act"
means Chapter 70, Article 2 NMSA 1978, as it may be modified or
				amended.
(5)
"Adjoining
				spacing units"
mean those existing or prospective spacing units in the
				same pool that are touching at a point or line on the subject spacing
				unit.
(6)
"Adjusted
				allowable"
means the allowable production a well or proration unit
				receives after all adjustments are made.
(7)
"AFE"
means authorization
				for expenditure.
(8)
"Affected persons"
means the following persons owning interests in
				a spacing unit or other identified tract:
(a)
				the operator, as shown in division records, of a well on the tract, or, if the
				tract is included in a division-approved or federal unit, the designated unit
				operator;
(b) in the absence of an
				operator, or with respect to an application wherein the operator of the spacing
				unit or identified tract is the applicant, each working interest owner whose
				interest is evidenced by a written conveyance document either of record or
				known to the applicant as of the date the applicant files the
				application;
(c) as to any tract or
				interest therein that is not subject to an existing oil and gas lease, each
				mineral interest owner whose interest is evidenced by a written conveyance
				document either of record or known to the applicant as of the date the
				applicant filed the application; and
(d) if the United States or state of New
				Mexico owns the mineral estate in the spacing unit or identified tract or any
				part thereof, the BLM or state land office, as applicable; or
(e) if the mineral estate in the spacing unit
				or identified tract or any part thereof is tribal land, the BLM, the United
				States department of the interior, bureau of Indian affairs, and the relevant
				tribe.
(9)
"Allocated pool"
means a pool in which the total oil or gas
				production is restricted and is allocated to various wells in the pool in
				accordance with proration schedules.
(10)
"Allowable production"
means that number of barrels of oil or cubic feet of gas the division
				authorizes to be produced from an allocated pool.
(11)
"APD"
means application for
				permit to drill.
(12)
"API"
means the American petroleum institute.
(13)
"Approved temporary
				abandonment"
means the status of a well that is inactive, has been
				approved in accordance with
				19.15.25.13
				NMAC and complies with
				19.15.25.12
				NMAC through
				19.15.25.14
				NMAC.
(14)
"Aquifer"
means a geological formation, group of formations or a part of a formation that
				can yield a significant amount of water to a well or spring.
(15)
"ASTM"
means ASTM
				International - an international standards developing organization that
				develops and publishes voluntary technical standards for a wide range of
				materials, products, systems and services.