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New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 7 - FORMS AND REPORTS › Section 19.15.7.31 - MULTIPOINT AND ONE POINT BACK PRESSURE TEST FOR GAS WELL (Form C-122)

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Gas well test
				data sheet - San Juan basin (form C-122-A)
B. Initial potential test data sheet (form
				C-122-B)
C. Deliverability test
				report (form C-122-C)
D. Worksheet
				for calculation of static column wellhead pressure (Pw)
				(form C- 122-D)
E. Worksheet for
				stepwise calculation of (surface) (subsurface) pressure
				(Pc & Pw)
				(Pf & Ps) (form
				C-122-E)
F. Worksheet for
				calculation of wellhead pressures (Pc or
				Pw) from known bottom hole pressure
				(Pf or Ps) (form
				C-122-F)
G. Worksheet for
				calculation of status column pressure at gas liquid interface (form C-122-G).
				The operator shall file the forms listed in Subsections A through F of
				19.15.7.30
				NMAC with the appropriate division district office in accordance with the
				provisions of the
manual for back-pressure testing of natural gas wells
				or gas well testing manual for northwest New Mexico
,
				19.15.19.8
				NMAC and applicable special pool orders and proration orders.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 7 - FORMS AND REPORTS › Section 19.15.7.32 - REQUEST FOR THE CREATION OF A NEW POOL (Form C-123)

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The appropriate division district office shall provide the
				  operator of a well that requires the creation of a pool written instructions
				  regarding the filing of form C-123.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 7 - FORMS AND REPORTS › Section 19.15.7.33 - RESERVOIR PRESSURE REPORT (Form C-124)

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. An operator shall file form C-124 to
				report bottom hole pressures as required under the provisions of
				19.15.18.9
				NMAC and applicable special pool orders.
B. An operator shall state the name of the
				pool; the pool datum, if established; the name of the operator and lease; the
				well number; the wellhead elevation above sea level; the date of the test; the
				total time the well was shut in prior to the test, the subsurface temperature
				in degrees fahrenheit at the test depth; the depth in feet at which the
				operator made the subsurface pressure test; the observed pressure in psi gauge
				corrected for calibration and temperature; the corrected pressure computed from
				applying to the observed pressure the appropriate correction for difference in
				test depth and reservoir datum plane; and any other information required on
				form C-124.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 7 - FORMS AND REPORTS › Section 19.15.7.34 - GAS WELL SHUT-IN PRESSURE TESTS (Form C-125)

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
An operator shall file form C-125 to report shut-in pressure
				  tests on gas wells as required under the provisions of special pool
				  orders.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 7 - FORMS AND REPORTS › Section 19.15.7.35 - PERMIT TO TRANSPORT RECOVERED LOAD OIL (Form C-126)

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
An applicant to transport recovered load oil shall file form
				  C-126 with the appropriate division district office in conformance with
				  19.15.20.15
				  NMAC.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 7 - FORMS AND REPORTS › Section 19.15.7.36 - REQUEST FOR ALLOWABLE CHANGE (Form C-127)

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
An oil producer shall file form C-127 with the appropriate
				  division district office not later than the 10th day of the month preceding the
				  month for which an oil producer is requesting oil well allowable
				  changes.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 7 - FORMS AND REPORTS › Section 19.15.7.38 - REPORT OF VENTED OR FLARED NATURAL GAS (Form C-129)

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
An operator shall file form C-129 when applicable, in
				  accordance with 19.15.27 NMAC and 19.15.28 NMAC.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 7 - FORMS AND REPORTS › Section 19.15.7.39 - NOTICE OF DISCONNECTION (Form C-130)

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. An operator shall file form C-130 with the
				division as provided in
				19.15.19.13
				NMAC.
B. An operator shall state to
				the best of its knowledge the reasons for disconnecting a gas well from gas
				transportation facilities.
C. The
				division shall furnish the New Mexico public regulation commission with a form
				C-130 indicating that a disconnected gas well may or will be reconnected to a
				gas transportation facility for ultimate distribution to consumers outside of
				the state.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 7 - FORMS AND REPORTS › Section 19.15.7.40 - MONTHLY GAS STORAGE REPORT (Form C-131-A); ANNUAL LPG STORAGE REPORT (Form C-131-B)

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. An
				operator of an underground gas storage project shall report its operation
				monthly on form C-131-A. The operator shall file form C-131-A with the
				division's Santa Fe office with a copy to the appropriate division district
				office and shall postmark it not later than the 24th day of the next succeeding
				month.
B. An operator of
				underground liquefied petroleum gas storage projects approved by the division
				shall report its operations annually on form C-131-B.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 7 - FORMS AND REPORTS › Section 19.15.7.41 - AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE PRODUCED WATER

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. A transporter of produced water shall
				obtain the division's approval of form C-133 in accordance with 19.15.34 NMAC
				prior to transportation.
B.
				Approval of a single form C-133 is valid for leases the transporter
				serves.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 7 - FORMS AND REPORTS › Section 19.15.7.42 - GAS WELL CONNECTION, RECONNECTION OR DISCONNECTION NOTICE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A gas transporter accepting gas for delivery from a wellhead
				  or central point of delivery shall notify the division within 30 days of a new
				  connection or reconnection to or disconnection from the gathering or
				  transportation system by filing form C-135 with the appropriate division
				  district office.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 7 - FORMS AND REPORTS › Section 19.15.7.43 - APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO USE AN ALTERNATE GAS MEASUREMENT METHOD (Form C-136)

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. An operator
				shall use form C-136 to request and obtain division approval for use of an
				alternate procedure for measuring gas production from a well that is not
				capable of producing more than 15 MCFD (Paragraph (1) of Subsection B of
				19.15.19.9
				NMAC) or for a well that has a producing capacity of 100 MCFD or less and is on
				a multi-well lease (Paragraph (2) of Subsection B of
				19.15.19.9
				NMAC).
B. An operator shall fill
				out the applicable information required on form C-136 with the required
				supplemental information attached, and file it with the appropriate division
				district office.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 7 - FORMS AND REPORTS › Section 19.15.7.44 - APPLICATION FOR PRODUCTION RESTORATION PROJECT (C-139)

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. An operator shall use the division's
				web-based online application to apply for the production restoration tax
				incentive.
B. An operator shall
				enter a user identification number and password that it has obtained from the
				division and select the well for which the operator is requesting the
				production restoration tax incentive. The operator shall then enter the date it
				began the production restoration, the date the well returned to production and
				the process the operator used to return the well to production. The operator
				shall certify that the information is complete and correct.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 7 - FORMS AND REPORTS › Section 19.15.7.45 - APPLICATION FOR WELL WORKOVER PROJECT (C-140)

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. An operator shall use the division's
				web-based online application to apply for the well workover tax
				incentive.
B. An operator shall
				enter a user identification number and password that it has obtained from the
				division and select the well for which the operator is requesting the well
				workover tax incentive. The operator shall enter the date that it commenced the
				well workover and the date it completed the well workover. The operator shall
				attach a description of the workover procedure it performed to increase
				production and a production curve or data tabulation showing at least 12 months
				of production prior to the well workover and at least three months of
				production following the well workover to reflect a positive production
				increase.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 8 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE › Section 19.15.8.2 - SCOPE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
19.15.8 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 8 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE › Section 19.15.8.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
19.15.8 NMAC is adopted pursuant to the Oil and Gas Act,
				  Section
				  70-2-6,
				  Section
				  70-2-11,
				  Section
				  70-2-12 and
				  Section
				  70-2-14
				  NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 8 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE › Section 19.15.8.5 - 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 8 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE › Section 19.15.8.6 - OBJECTIVE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
To establish financial assurance requirements for persons,
				  firms, corporations or associations who have drilled or acquired, are drilling
				  or propose to drill or acquire an oil, gas or injection or other service well
				  to furnish financial assurance acceptable to the division.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 8 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE › Section 19.15.8.7 - 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 8 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE › Section 19.15.8.8 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL ASSURANCE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. The operator shall file financial
				assurance documents with the division's Santa Fe office and obtain approvals
				and releases of financial assurance from that office.
B. Financial assurance documents shall be on
				forms prescribed by or otherwise acceptable to the division.
C. The division may require proof that the
				individual signing for an entity on a financial assurance document or an
				amendment to a financial assurance document has the authority to obligate that
				entity.
D. Any time an operator
				changes the corporate surety, financial institution or amount of financial
				assurance, the operator shall file updated financial assurance documents on
				forms prescribed by the division. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an operator
				makes other changes to its financial assurance documents, the division may
				require the operator to file updated financial assurance documents on forms
				prescribed by the division.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 8 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE › Section 19.15.8.9 - CATEGORIES AND AMOUNTS OF FINANCIAL ASSURANCE FOR WELL PLUGGING

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
Applicability.
An operator who has drilled or acquired, is
				drilling or proposes to drill or acquire an oil, gas or injection or other
				service well within this state shall furnish a financial assurance acceptable
				to the division in accordance with
				19.15.8.9
				NMAC and in the form of an irrevocable letter of credit, plugging insurance
				policy or cash or surety bond running to the state of New Mexico conditioned
				that the well be plugged and abandoned and the location restored and remediated
				in compliance with commission rules, unless the well is covered by federally
				required financial assurance.
B. A
				financial assurance shall be conditioned for well plugging and abandonment and
				location restoration and remediation only, and not to secure payment for
				damages to livestock, range, crops or tangible improvements or any other
				purpose.
C.
Active
				wells.
An operator shall provide financial assurance for wells that are
				covered by Subsection A of
				19.15.8.9
				NMAC and are not subject to Subsection D of
				19.15.8.9
				NMAC in one of the following categories:
(1)
				a one well financial assurance in the amount of $25,000 plus $2 per foot of the
				projected depth of a proposed well or the depth of an existing well; the depth
				of a well is the true vertical depth for vertical and horizontal wells and the
				measured depth for deviated and directional wells; or
(2) a blanket plugging financial assurance in
				the following amounts covering all the wells of the operator subject to
				Subsection C of
				19.15.8.9
				NMAC:
(a) $50,000 for one to 10
				wells;
(b) $75,000 for 11 to 50
				wells;
(c) $125,000 for 51 to 100
				wells; and
(d) $250,000 for more
				than 100 wells.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 8 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE › Section 19.15.8.10 - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CASH AND SURETY BONDS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Surety bonds shall be issued by a
				reputable corporate surety authorized by the office of the superintendent of
				insurance to do business in the state.
B. The operator shall deposit cash
				representing the full amount of the bond in an account in a federally-insured
				financial institution located within the state, such account to be held in
				trust for the division. Authorized representatives of the operator and the
				depository institution shall execute a document evidencing the cash bond's
				terms and conditions. The operator shall file the document with the division
				prior to the bond's effective date. If the operator's financial status or
				reliability is unknown to the director, the director may require the fling of a
				financial statement or such other information as may be necessary to evaluate
				the operator's ability to fulfill the bond's conditions. From time to time, any
				accrued interest over and above the bond's face amount may be paid to the
				operator.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 8 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE › Section 19.15.8.11 - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LETTERS OF CREDIT

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. The division may accept irrevocable
				letters of credit issued by national or state-chartered banking
				associations.
B. Letters of credit
				shall be irrevocable for a term of not less than five years, unless the
				applicant shows good cause for a shorter time period.
C. Letters of credit shall provide for
				automatic renewal for successive, like terms upon expiration, unless the issuer
				has notified the division in writing of non-renewal at least 30 days prior to
				expiration.
D. The division may
				forfeit and collect a letter of credit if not replaced by an approved financial
				assurance at least 30 days before the expiration date.
E. Authorized representatives of the operator
				and the depository institution shall execute a document evidencing the letter
				of credit's terms and conditions.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 8 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE › Section 19.15.8.12 - RELEASE OF FINANCIAL ASSURANCE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
				The division shall release a financial assurance document upon the operator's
				or surety's written request if all wells drilled or acquired under that
				financial assurance have been plugged and abandoned and the location restored
				and remediated and released pursuant to 19.15.25.9 NMAC through 19.15.25.11
				NMAC, or have been covered by another financial assurance the division has
				approved.
B. Transfer of a property
				or a change of operator does not of itself release a financial assurance. The
				division shall not approve a request for change of operator for a well until
				the new operator has the required financial assurance in place.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 8 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE › Section 19.15.8.13 - FORFEITURE OF FINANCIAL ASSURANCE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Upon the operator's failure to properly
				plug and abandon and restore and remediate the location of a well or wells a
				financial assurance covers, the division shall give notice to the operator and
				surety, if applicable, and hold a hearing as to whether the well or wells
				should be plugged and abandoned and the location restored and remediated in
				accordance with a division-approved plugging program. If it is determined at
				the hearing that the operator has failed to plug and abandon the well and
				restore and remediate the location as provided for in the financial assurance
				or division rules, the director shall issue an order directing the well to be
				plugged or abandoned and the location restored and remediated in a time
				certain. Such an order may also direct the forfeiture of the financial
				assurance upon the failure or refusal of the operator, surety or other
				responsible party to properly plug and abandon the well and restore and
				remediate the location.
B. If the
				financial assurance's proceeds exceed the costs the division incurred plugging
				and abandoning the well and restoring and remediating the location the
				financial assurance covers, the division shall return the excess to the surety
				or the operator, as appropriate.
C.
				If the financial assurance's proceeds are not sufficient to cover all the costs
				the division incurred in plugging and abandoning the well and restoring and
				remediating the location, the division may seek indemnification from the
				operator as provided in NMSA 1978, Section 70-2-14(E).
D. The division shall deposit forfeitures and
				funds collected pursuant to a judgment in a suit for indemnification in the oil
				and gas reclamation fund.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 8 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE › Section 19.15.8.14 - Effective dates

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. 19.15.8 NMAC
				applies to wells drilled or acquired after December 15, 2005.
B. As to all other wells, 19.15.8 NMAC is
				effective January 1, 2008.
C. The
				2018 amendments to
				19.15.8.9
				NMAC apply to applications for permits to drill, deepen or plug back and
				applications for approved temporary abandonment filed on or after January 15,
				2019, and for all other wells on April 15, 2019.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 8 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE › Section 19.15.8.15 - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PLUGGING INSURANCE POLICIES

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.The plugging insurance policy must be
				issued by a company authorized by the office of the superintendent of insurance
				to do business in New Mexico.
B.
				The policy shall name a specific well and name the state of New Mexico as the
				owner of the policy and contingent beneficiary.
C. The policy shall name a primary
				beneficiary who agrees to plug the specified wellbore.
D. The policy shall be fully prepaid and
				cannot be canceled or surrendered.
E. The policy shall continue in effect until
				the specified wellbore has been plugged.
F. The policy shall provide that benefits
				will be paid when, but not before, the specified wellbore has been plugged in
				accordance with division rules in effect at the time of plugging.
G. The policy shall provide benefits that are
				not less than an amount equal to the one-well financial assurance required by
				division rules. If, subsequent to an operator obtaining an insurance policy,
				the one-well financial assurance requirement applicable to the operator's well
				covered by said policy increases, either because the well is deepened or the
				division's rules are amended, the operator will meet the additional financial
				assurance requirement by complying with one of the requirements below.
(1) The operator's existing policy benefit
				equals or exceeds the revised requirement.
(2) The operator obtains and files with the
				division within 30 days an amendment increasing the policy benefit by the
				amount of the increase in the applicable financial assurance
				requirement.
(3) The operator
				obtains financial assurance equal to the amount, if any, by which the revised
				requirement exceeds the policy benefit and files said financial assurance with
				the division within 30 days.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 8 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE › Section 19.15.8.16 - DUTY TO REPORT

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Any operator who fled for bankruptcy shall provide notice to
				  the division, in writing, through the processes provided for under the rules of
				  the United States bankruptcy court.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 9 - WELL OPERATOR PROVISIONS › Section 19.15.9.2 - SCOPE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
19.15.9 NMAC applies to persons or entities operating oil or
				  gas wells within New Mexico.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 9 - WELL OPERATOR PROVISIONS › Section 19.15.9.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
19.15.9 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 9 - WELL OPERATOR PROVISIONS › Section 19.15.9.5 - 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 9 - WELL OPERATOR PROVISIONS › Section 19.15.9.6 - OBJECTIVE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
To require an operator of a well or wells to register with
				  the division prior to commencing operations and to require the reporting of a
				  change of operator or a change of name to the division.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 9 - WELL OPERATOR PROVISIONS › Section 19.15.9.8 - OPERATOR REGISTRATION

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Prior
				to commencing operations, an operator of a well or wells in New Mexico shall
				register with the division as an operator. Applicants shall provide the
				following to the financial assurance administrator in the division's Santa Fe
				office:
(1) an oil and gas registration
				identification (OGRID) number obtained from the division, the state land office
				or the taxation and revenue department;
(2) a current address of record to be used
				for notice and a current emergency contact name and telephone number for each
				district in which the operator operates wells; and
(3) the financial assurance 19.15.8 NMAC
				requires.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 9 - WELL OPERATOR PROVISIONS › Section 19.15.9.9 - CHANGE OF OPERATOR

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. A
				change of operator occurs when the entity responsible for a well or a group of
				wells changes. A change of operator may result from a sale, assignment by a
				court, a change in operating agreement or other transaction. Under a change of
				operator, wells are moved from the OGRID number of the operator of record with
				the division to the new operator's OGRID number.
B. The operator of record with the division
				and the new operator shall apply for a change of operator by jointly filing a
				form C-145 using the division's web-based online application. If the operator
				of record with the division is unavailable, the new operator shall apply to the
				division for approval of change of operator without a joint application. The
				operator shall make such application in writing and provide documentary
				evidence of the applicant's right to assume operations. The new operator shall
				not commence operations until the division approves the application for change
				of operator.
C. The director or the
				director's designee may deny a change of operator if:
(1) the new operator is not in compliance
				with Subsection A of 19.15.5.9 NMAC; or
(2) the new operator is acquiring wells,
				facilities or sites subject to a compliance order requiring remediation or
				abatement of contamination, or compliance with 19.15.25.8 NMAC, and the new
				operator has not entered into an agreed compliance order setting a schedule for
				compliance with the existing order.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 9 - WELL OPERATOR PROVISIONS › Section 19.15.9.10 - CHANGE OF NAME

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. A change of
				operator name occurs when the name of the entity responsible for a well or
				wells changes but the entity does not change. For a change of name, the OGRID
				number remains the same, but division records are changed to reflect the new
				operator name.
B. An operator shall
				apply for a change of name by filing a form C-146 using the division's
				web-based online application and supplying documentary proof that the change is
				a name change and not a change of operator. If the operator is a corporation,
				limited liability company or limited partnership, the name must be registered
				with the public regulation commission or the New Mexico secretary of state, as
				applicable. The division shall not approve a change of name until the state
				land office and the taxation and revenue department have cleared the change of
				name on the OGRID.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 9 - WELL OPERATOR PROVISIONS › Section 19.15.9.11 - EXAMPLES OF CHANGE OF OPERATOR AND CHANGE OF NAME

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A. Mr. Smith, a sole proprietor, operates
				five wells under the name "Smith oil company". Mr. Smith changes the name of
				his company to "Smith production company". The name of the entity operating the
				wells has changed, but the entity has not changed. Mr. Smith should apply for a
				change of name.
B. Mr. Smith
				incorporates his business, changing from the sole proprietorship, "Smith
				production company", to a corporation: "Smith production company, inc.". The
				entity responsible for the wells has changed, and Mr. Smith and "Smith
				production company, inc." should apply for a change of operator.
C. Smith production company, inc., a New
				Mexico operator, merges with XYZ, inc., which does not operate in New Mexico.
				At the surviving entity's election, this transaction may be treated as a change
				of name from Smith production company, to XYZ, inc., maintaining the existing
				OGRID, or as a change of operator, with a new OGRID.
D. Two New Mexico operators, Smith production
				company, inc. and Jones production company, inc., merge. The surviving
				corporation is Jones production company, inc. A different entity now operates
				the wells Smith production company, formerly operated, and the wells must be
				placed under that entity's OGRID. Jones production company, inc. and Smith
				production company, inc. should apply for a change of operator as to the wells
				Smith production company, inc. operated.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 10 - SAFETY › Section 19.15.10.2 - SCOPE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
19.15.10 NMAC applies to persons or entities 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 10 - SAFETY › Section 19.15.10.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
19.15.10 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 10 - SAFETY › Section 19.15.10.8 - SAFETY PROCEDURES FOR DRILLING AND PRODUCTION

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A. An operator shall:
(1) clean oil wells into a pit permitted
				pursuant to 19.15.17 NMAC or a tank, not less than 40 feet from the derrick
				floor and 150 feet from a fire hazard;
(2) produce flowing oil wells through an oil
				and gas separator of ample capacity and in good working order;
(3) not place or leave a boiler or portable
				electric lighting generator nearer than 150 feet to a producing well or oil
				tank; and
(4) remove rubbish or
				debris that might constitute a fire hazard to a distance of at least 150 feet
				from the vicinity of wells and tanks and burn or dispose of waste in a manner
				as to avoid creating a fire hazard.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 11 - HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS › Section 19.15.11.2 - SCOPE

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19.15.11 NMAC applies to a person subject to the division's
				  jurisdiction, including a person engaged in drilling, stimulating, injecting
				  into, completing, working over or producing an oil, gas or carbon dioxide well
				  or a person engaged in gathering, transporting, storing, processing or refining
				  of oil, gas or carbon dioxide. 19.15.11 NMAC does not exempt or otherwise
				  excuse surface waste management facilities the division permits pursuant to
				  19.15.36 NMAC from more stringent conditions on the handling of hydrogen
				  sulfide required of such facilities by 19.15.36 NMAC or more stringent
				  conditions in permits issued pursuant to 19.15.36 NMAC, nor shall the
				  facilities be exempt or otherwise excused from the requirements set forth in
				  19.15.11 NMAC by virtue of permitting under 19.15.36 NMAC.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 11 - HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS › Section 19.15.11.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
19.15.11 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 11 - HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS › Section 19.15.11.5 - 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 11 - HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS › Section 19.15.11.6 - OBJECTIVE

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To require oil and gas operations be conducted in a manner
				  that protects the public from exposure to hydrogen sulfide
				  gas.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 11 - HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS › Section 19.15.11.7 - DEFINITIONS

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A. "ANSI" means the
				American national standards institute.
B. "Area of exposure" means the area within a
				circle constructed with a point of escape at its center and the radius of
				exposure as its radius.
C.
				"Dispersion technique" is a mathematical representation of the physical and
				chemical transportation characteristics, dilution characteristics and
				transformation characteristics of hydrogen sulfide gas in the
				atmosphere.
D. "Escape rate" means
				the maximum volume (Q) that is used to designate the possible rate of escape of
				a gaseous mixture containing hydrogen sulfide, as set forth in 19.15.11 NMAC.
(1) For existing gas facilities or
				operations, the escape rate is calculated using the maximum daily rate of the
				gaseous mixture produced or handled or the best estimate thereof. For an
				existing gas well, the escape rate is calculated using the current daily
				absolute open flow rate against atmospheric pressure or the best estimate of
				that rate.
(2) For new gas
				operations or facilities, the escape rate is calculated as the maximum
				anticipated flow rate through the system. For a new gas well, the escape rate
				is calculated using the maximum open-flow rate of offset wells in the pool or
				reservoir, or the pool or reservoir average of maximum open-flow
				rates.
(3) For existing oil wells,
				the escape rate is calculated by multiplying the producing gas/oil ratio by the
				maximum daily production rate or the best estimate of the maximum daily
				production rate.
(4) For new oil
				wells, the escape rate is calculated by multiplying the producing gas/oil ratio
				by the maximum daily production rate of offset wells in the pool or reservoir,
				or the pool or reservoir average of the producing gas/oil ratio multiplied by
				the maximum daily production rate.
(5) For facilities or operations not
				mentioned, the escape rate is calculated using the actual flow of the gaseous
				mixture through the system or the best estimate of the actual flow of the
				gaseous mixture through the system.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 11 - HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS › Section 19.15.11.8 - REGULATORY THRESHOLD

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A.
				Determination of hydrogen sulfide concentration.
(1) Each person shall determine the hydrogen
				sulfide concentration in the gaseous mixture within wells, facilities or
				operations either by testing (using a sample from each well, facility or
				operation); testing a representative sample; or using process knowledge in lieu
				of testing. If the person uses a representative sample or process knowledge,
				the concentration derived from the representative sample or process knowledge
				shall be reasonably representative of the hydrogen sulfide concentration within
				the well, facility or operation.
(2) The person shall conduct the tests used
				to make the determination referred to in Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of
				19.15.11.8 NMAC in accordance with applicable ASTM or GPA standards or by
				another division-approved method.
(3) If the person conducted a test prior to
				January 31, 2003 that otherwise meets the requirements of Paragraphs (1) and
				(2) of Subsection A of 19.15.11.8 NMAC, new testing is not required.
(4) If a change or alteration may materially
				increase the hydrogen sulfide concentration in a well, facility or operation,
				the person shall make a new determination in accordance with 19.15.11
				NMAC.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 11 - HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS › Section 19.15.11.10 - SIGNS, MARKERS

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For each well, facility or operation involving a hydrogen
				  sulfide concentration of 100 ppm or greater, the person shall install and
				  maintain signs or markers that conform with the current ANSI standard
				  Z535.1-2002 (Safety Color Code), or some other division-approved standard. The
				  sign or marker shall be readily readable, and shall contain the words "poison
				  gas" and other information sufficient to warn the public that a potential
				  danger exists. The person shall prominently post signs or markers at locations,
				  including entrance points and road crossings, sufficient to alert the public
				  that a potential danger exists.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 11 - HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS › Section 19.15.11.11 - PROTECTION FROM HYDROGEN SULFIDE DURING DRILLING, COMPLETION, WORKOVER AND WELL SERVICING OPERATIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. API
				standards. The person shall conduct drilling, completion, workover and well
				servicing operations involving a hydrogen sulfide concentration of 100 ppm or
				greater with due consideration to the guidelines in the API publications
				Recommended Practice for Oil and Gas Well Servicing and Workover Operations
				Involving Hydrogen Sulfide, RP-68, and Recommended Practices for Drilling and
				Well Servicing Operations Involving Hydrogen Sulfide, RP-49, most recent
				editions, or some other division-approved standard.
B. Detection and monitoring equipment.
				Drilling, completion, workover and well servicing operations involving a
				hydrogen sulfide concentration of 100 ppm or greater shall include hydrogen
				sulfide detection and monitoring equipment as follows.
(1) Each drilling and completion site shall
				have an accurate and precise hydrogen sulfide detection and monitoring system
				that automatically activates visible and audible alarms when the hydrogen
				sulfide's ambient air concentration reaches a predetermined value the operator
				sets, not to exceed 20 ppm. The operator shall locate a sensing point at the
				shale shaker, rig floor and bell nipple for a drilling site and the cellar, rig
				floor and circulating tanks or shale shaker for a completion site.
(2) For workover and well servicing
				operations, the person shall locate one operational sensing point as close to
				the well bore as practical. Additional sensing points may be necessary for
				large or long-term operations.
(3)
				The operator shall provide and maintain as operational hydrogen sulfide
				detection and monitoring equipment during drilling when drilling is within 500
				feet of a zone anticipated to contain hydrogen sulfide and continuously
				thereafter through all subsequent drilling.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 11 - HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS › Section 19.15.11.12 - PROTECTION FROM HYDROGEN SULFIDE AT OIL PUMP STATIONS, PRODUCING WELLS, TANK BATTERIES AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION FACILITIES, PIPELINES, REFINERIES, GAS PLANTS AND COMPRESSOR STATIONS

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A.
				API standards. A person shall conduct operations at oil pump stations and
				producing wells, tank batteries and associated production facilities,
				refineries, gas plants and compressor stations involving a hydrogen sulfide
				concentration of 100 ppm or greater with due consideration to the guidelines in
				the API publication Recommended Practices for Oil and Gas Producing and Gas
				Processing Plant Operations Involving Hydrogen Sulfide, RP-55, latest edition
				or some other division-approved standard.
B. Security. A person shall protect well
				sites and other unattended, fixed surface facilities involving a hydrogen
				sulfide concentration of 100 ppm or greater from public access by fencing with
				locking gates when the location is within 1/4 mile of a public area. For the
				purposes of Subsection B of 19.15.11.12 NMAC, a surface pipeline is not
				considered a fixed surface facility.
C. Wind direction indicators. Oil pump
				stations, producing wells, tank batteries and associated production facilities,
				pipelines, refineries, gas plants and compressor stations involving a hydrogen
				sulfide concentration of 100 ppm or greater shall have equipment to indicate
				wind direction. The person shall install wind direction equipment that is
				visible from all principal working areas at all times.
D. Control equipment. When the 100 ppm radius
				of exposure includes a public area, the following additional measures are
				required.
(1) The person shall install and
				maintain in good operating condition safety devices, such as automatic
				shut-down devices, to prevent hydrogen sulfide's escape. Alternatively, the
				person shall establish safety procedures to achieve the same purpose.
(2) A well shall possess a secondary means of
				immediate well control through the use of an appropriate christmas tree or
				downhole completion equipment. The equipment shall allow downhole accessibility
				(reentry) under pressure for permanent well control.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 11 - HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS › Section 19.15.11.13 - PERSONNEL PROTECTION AND TRAINING

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The person shall provide persons responsible for implementing
				  a hydrogen sulfide contingency plan training in hydrogen sulfide hazards,
				  detection, personal protection and contingency procedures.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 11 - HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS › Section 19.15.11.14 - STANDARDS FOR EQUIPMENT THAT MAY BE EXPOSED TO HYDROGEN SULFIDE

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Whenever a well, facility or operation involves a potentially
				  hazardous hydrogen sulfide volume, the person shall select equipment with
				  consideration for both the hydrogen sulfide working environment and anticipated
				  stresses and shall use NACE Standard MR0175 (latest edition) or some other
				  division-approved standard for selection of metallic equipment or, if
				  applicable, use adequate protection by chemical inhibition or other methods
				  that control or limit hydrogen sulfide's corrosive effects.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 11 - HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS › Section 19.15.11.15 - EXEMPTIONS

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A person may petition the director or the director's designee
				  for an exemption to a requirement of 19.15.11 NMAC. A petition shall provide
				  specific information as to the circumstances that warrant approval of the
				  exemption requested and how the person will protect public safety. The director
				  or the director's designee, after considering all relevant factors, may approve
				  an exemption if the circumstances warrant and so long as the person protects
				  public safety.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 11 - HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS › Section 19.15.11.16 - NOTIFICATION OF THE DIVISION

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The person shall notify the division upon a release of
				  hydrogen sulfide requiring activation of the hydrogen sulfide contingency plan
				  as soon as possible, but no more than four hours after plan activation,
				  recognizing that a prompt response should supersede notification. The person
				  shall submit a full report of the incident to the division on form C-141 no
				  later than 15 days following the release.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 12 - POOLS › Section 19.15.12.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
19.15.12 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 12 - POOLS › Section 19.15.12.6 - OBJECTIVE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
To regulate oil and gas operations that involve commingling
				  of oil or gas from different pools or leases, in order to prevent waste and
				  protect correlative rights.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 12 - POOLS › Section 19.15.12.7 - DEFINITIONS

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A. "Diverse
				ownership" means leases or pools have different working, royalty or overriding
				royalty interest owners or different ownership percentages of the same working,
				royalty or overriding royalty interest owners.
B. "Identical ownership" means leases or
				pools have the same working, royalty and overriding royalty owners in exactly
				the same percentages.
C. "Lease"
				means a contiguous geographical area of identical ownership overlying a pool or
				portion of a pool. An area pooled, unitized or communitized, either by
				agreement or by division order, or a participating area shall constitute a
				lease. If there is diversity of ownership between different pools, or between
				different zones or strata, then each such pool, zone or stratum having diverse
				ownership shall be considered a separate lease.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 12 - POOLS › Section 19.15.12.8 - CLASSIFYING AND DEFINING POOLS

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The division shall determine whether a particular well or
				  pool is a gas or oil well, or a gas or oil pool, and from time to time classify
				  and reclassify wells and name pools accordingly, and shall determine the limits
				  of a pool or pools producing oil or gas and from time to time re-determine such
				  limits.