N.M. Code R. § 19.15.6.7
C. “Expansion or expanded use” means a significant change or modification as the division determines in:
(1) the technology or process used for the displacement of oil from an oil well or division-designated pool; or
(2) the expansion, extension or increase in size of the geologic area or adjacent geologic area that could reasonably be determined to represent a new or unique area of activity.
D. “Operator”:
(1) for purposes of 19.15.6.8 NMAC, means the person responsible for an EOR project’s actual physical operation; and
(2) for purposes of 19.15.6.9 NMAC, means the person responsible for an oil or gas well’s actual physical operation.
L. “Secondary recovery project” means an EOR project that:
(1) occurs subsequent to the completion of primary recovery and is not a tertiary recovery project;
(2) involves the application, in accordance with sound engineering principles of carbon dioxide miscible fluid displacement, pressure maintenance, water flooding or other division accepted and approved secondary recovery method that can reasonably be expected to result in an increase, determined in light of the facts and circumstances, in the amount of oil that may ultimately be recovered; and
(3) encompasses a pool or portion of a pool the boundaries of which can be adequately defined and controlled.
M. “Stripper well property” means an oil or gas producing property that the taxation and revenue department assigns a single production unit number (PUN) and:
(1) if an oil producing property, produced a daily average of less than 10 barrels of oil per eligible well per day for the preceding calendar year;
(2) if a gas producing property, produced a daily average of less than 60,000 cubic feet of gas per eligible well per day during the preceding calendar year; or
(3) if a property with wells that produce both oil and gas, produced a daily average of less than 10 barrels of oil per eligible well per day for the preceding calendar year, as determined by converting the volume of gas the well produced to barrels of oil by using a ratio of 6000 cubic feet to one barrel of oil.
P. “Tertiary recovery project” means an EOR project that:
(1) occurs subsequent to a secondary recovery project’s completion;
(2) involves the application, in accordance with sound engineering principles, of carbon dioxide miscible fluid displacement, pressure maintenance, water flooding or other division accepted and approved tertiary recovery method that can reasonably be expected to result in an increase, determined in light of the facts and circumstances, in the amount of oil that may ultimately be recovered; and
(3) encompasses a pool or portion of a pool the boundaries of which can be adequately defined and controlled.
T. “Workover” means a procedure the operator undertakes that is intended to increase production but is not routine maintenance and includes:
(1) re-entry into the well to drill deeper, to sidetrack to a different location, to recomplete for production or to restore production from a zone that has been temporarily abandoned;
(2) recompletion by re-perforation of a zone from which gas or oil has been produced or by perforation of a different zone;
(3) repair or replacement of faulty or damaged casing or related downhole equipment;
(4) fracturing, acidizing or installing compression equipment; or
(5) squeezing, cementing or installing equipment necessary for removal of excessive water, brine or condensate from the well bore in order to establish, continue or increase production from the well.
[19.15.6.7 NMAC - Rp, 19.15.1.30 NMAC, 19.15.1.31 NMAC; 19.15.1.32 NMAC, and 19.15.1.33 NMAC, 12/1/08]