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New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978

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Oil Conservation Commission; Division; Regulation of Wells

State of New Mexico

70-2-1Short title 70-2-2[Waste prohibited.]70-2-3Waste; definitions 70-2-4Oil conservation commission; members; term; officers; quorum; power to administer oaths 70-2-5Oil conservation division; director; state petroleum engineer 70-2-6Commission's and division's powers and duties 70-2-7Rules of procedure in hearings; manner of giving notice; record of rules, regulations and orders 70-2-8Subpoena power; immunity of natural persons required to testify 70-2-9Failure or refusal to comply with subpoena; refusal to testify; body attachment; contempt 70-2-10Perjury; punishment 70-2-11Power of commission and division to prevent waste and protect correlative rights 70-2-12Enumeration of powers 70-2-12.1Disposition of produced water; no permit required 70-2-12.2Adoption of rules; appeals 70-2-13Additional powers of commission or division; hearings before examiner; hearings de novo 70-2-14Requirement for financial assurance 70-2-15Allocation of allowable production among fields when division limits total amount of production 70-2-16Allocation of allowable production in field or pool 70-2-17Equitable allocation of allowable production; pooling; spacing 70-2-18Spacing or proration unit with divided mineral ownership 70-2-19Common purchasers; discrimination in purchasing prohibited 70-2-20RepealedRepealed 70-2-21Purchase, sale or handling of excess oil, natural gas or products prohibited 70-2-22Rules and regulations to effectuate prohibitions against purchase or handling of excess oil or natural gas; penalties 70-2-23Hearings on rules, regulations and orders; notice; emergency rules 70-2-24Reports of governmental departments or agencies as to market demand to be deemed prima facie correct 70-2-25Rehearings; appeals 70-2-26Review of oil conservation commission decision; appeals 70-2-27Temporary restraining order or injuction [injunction]; grounds; hearing; bond 70-2-28Actions for violations 70-2-29Actions for damages; institution of actions for injunctions by private parties 70-2-30[Violation of court order grounds for appointment of receiver.]70-2-31Violations of the Oil and Gas Act; penalties 70-2-31.1Reporting requirement 70-2-32Seizure and sale of illegal oil or gas or products; procedure 70-2-33Definitions 70-2-34Regulation, conservation and prevention of waste of carbon dioxide, helium and other non-hydrocarbon gases 70-2-35Legal representation before the federal energy regulatory commission 70-2-36Removing or altering marks of identification; penalty 70-2-36.1RepealedRepealed 70-2-37Oil and gas reclamation fund created; disposition of fund 70-2-38Oil and gas reclamation fund administered; plugging wells on federal land; right of indemnification; annual report; contractors selling equipment for salvage 70-2-39Fees; appropriation