New Mexico Administrative Code

19.15.23 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, which authorizes the division to regulate the transport of oil or gas or their products through the use of certificates of clearance or tenders.

Permanent.

December 1, 2008, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

To document the transport of oil or lease condensate or liquids that may contain oil, lease condensate, sediment oil or miscellaneous hydrocarbons to verify the location from where they were removed.

[RESERVED] [See 19.15.2.7 NMAC for definitions.]

A. Off-lease transportation of oil or lease condensate by motor vehicle shall be pursuant to an approved form C-104 and shall be accompanied by a run ticket or equivalent document. The documentation shall identify the transporter's name and address, the operator's name, the name …

A. The division may grant exceptions to the requirements of Subsection B of 19.15.12.9 NMAC administratively, without hearing, to permit production from one lease to be transported prior to measurement to another lease for storage on that lease when: (1) the operator files an app…

Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, Oil Conservation Division.

A. A person engaged in the purchase of oil to be transported through pipelines is a common purchaser of oil, and shall without discrimination in favor of one producer as against another in the same field, purchase oil tendered to it that has been lawfully produced in the vicinity…

A. Liquid hydrocarbons produced incidental to the authorized production of gas from a well the division has classified as a gas well are legal production. B. For purposes of 19.15.24.11 NMAC the division shall consider gas produced from a gas well to be authorized production with…

A. A person engaged in purchasing from one or more producers, gas produced from gas wells or casinghead gas produced from oil wells shall be a common purchaser of gas within each common supply source from which it purchases, and shall purchase gas lawfully produced from gas wells…

19.15.24 NMAC applies to those persons involved in the sale, purchase or transport of oil or gas.

19.15.24 NMAC is adopted pursuant to the Oil and Gas Act, NMSA 1978, Section 70-2-6, Section 70-2-11, Section 70-2-19 and Section 70-2-22, which authorizes the division to regulate the sale, purchase or acquisition, or the transportation, refining, processing or handling of oil o…

Permanent.

December 1, 2008, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

To regulate oil and gas purchasing and transport.

[RESERVED] [See 19.15.2.7 NMAC for definitions.]

When there are separate owners in a well and where an owner's gas is not being sold with the well's current production, the owner may, if necessary to protect the owner's correlative rights, petition the division for a hearing seeking appropriate relief.

The sale, purchase or acquisition or the transporting, refining, processing or handling in any other way of oil or of gas in whole or in part (or a gas product so produced) produced in excess of the amount a statute or a division rule or order allows is prohibited.

Oil Conservation Commission.

A. Before an operator abandons a well, the operator shall plug the well in a manner that permanently confines all oil, gas and water in the separate strata in which they are originally found. The operator may accomplish this by using mud-laden fluid, cement and plugs singly or in…

A. The operator shall file form C-105 as provided in 19.15.7.16 NMAC. B. Within 30 days after completing required restoration work, the operator shall file with the division a record of the work done on form C-103 as provided in 19.15.7.14 NMAC. C. The division shall not approve …

The division may place a well in approved temporary abandonment for a period of up to five years. Prior to the expiration of an approved temporary abandonment the operator shall return the well to beneficial use under a plan the division approves, permanently plug and abandon the…

A. An operator seeking approval for approved temporary abandonment shall submit on form C-103 a notice of intent to seek approved temporary abandonment for the well describing the proposed temporary abandonment procedure the operator will use. The operator shall not commence work…

A. An operator may use the following methods of demonstrating internal casing integrity for wells to be placed in approved temporary abandonment: (1) the operator may set a cast iron bridge plug within 100 feet of uppermost perforations or production casing shoe, load the casing …

A. When a well to be plugged may safely be used as a fresh water well and the landowner agrees to take over the well for that purpose, the operator does not need to plug the well above the sealing plug set below the fresh water formation. B. The operator shall comply with other r…

19.15.25 NMAC applies to persons that operate oil or gas wells within New Mexico.

19.15.25 NMAC is adopted pursuant to the Oil and Gas Act, NMSA 1978, Section 70-2-12, which authorizes the division to require dry or abandoned wells to be plugged so as to confine oil, gas or water in the strata in which they are found and to prevent them from escaping into othe…

Permanent.

December 1, 2008, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

To establish requirements for properly abandoning and plugging wells drilled for oil or gas or service wells including seismic, core, exploration or injection wells or placing the wells in temporary abandonment in order to protect public health, fresh water and the environment.

[RESERVED] [See 19.15.2.7 NMAC for definitions]

A. The operator of wells drilled for oil or gas or services wells including seismic, core, exploration or injection wells, whether cased or uncased, shall plug the wells as Subsection B of 19.15.25.8 NMAC requires. B. The operator shall either properly plug and abandon a well or …

A. The operator shall file notice of intention to plug with the division on form C-103 prior to commencing plugging operations. The notice shall provide all the information 19.15.7.14 NMAC requires including operator and well identification and proposed procedures for plugging th…

Oil Conservation Commission.

A. The operator of an injection well shall equip, operate, monitor and maintain the well to facilitate periodic testing and to assure continued mechanical integrity that will result in no significant leak in the tubular goods and packing materials used and no significant fluid mo…

A. Testing. (1) Prior to commencement of injection and any time the operator pulls the tubing or reseats the packer, the operator shall test the well to assure the integrity of the casing and the tubing and packer, if used, including pressure testing of the casing-tubing annulus …

A. The following provisions apply to injection projects, storage projects, produced water disposal wells and special purpose injection wells. B. Notice of commencement and discontinuance. (1) Immediately upon the commencement of injection operations in a well, the operator shall …

A. The operator of an injection well or project for secondary or other enhanced recovery, pressure maintenance, gas storage, produced water disposal or injection of other fluids shall keep accurate records and shall report monthly to the division gas or fluid volumes injected, st…

The director may reclassify an injection well from a category defined in Subsection B of 19.15.26.8 NMAC to another category without notice and hearing upon the request and proper showing by the injection well's operator.

A. Authority to inject granted under a division order is not transferable except upon division approval. An operator may obtain approval of transfer of authority to inject by filing completed form C-145. B. The division may require the operator to demonstrate mechanical integrity…

19.15.26 NMAC applies to persons constructing, operating or closing an injection well under the Oil and Gas Act. 19.15.26 NMAC does not apply to other classes of injection wells regulated under the Water Quality Act, the Geothermal Resources Development Act or the Surface Mining …

19.15.26 NMAC is adopted pursuant to the Oil and Gas Act, Section 70-2-6, Section 70-2-11 and Paragraphs (13), (14), (15), (21) and (22) of Subsection B of Section 70-2-12 NMSA 1978.

Permanent.

December 1, 2008, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

To regulate injection wells under the Oil and Gas Act and to maintain primary enforcement authority for the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.) Underground Injection Control (UIC) program for UIC Class II wells.

"Fluid" means any material or substance which flows or moves whether in a semisolid, liquid, sludge, gas or any other form or state.