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2006 New Mexico Statutes - Article 2 — Oil Conservation Commission; Division; Regulation of Wells, 70-2-1 through 70-2-38.
- Section 70-2-1 — Short title.
- Section 70-2-2 — Waste prohibited.
- Section 70-2-3 — Waste; definitions.
- Section 70-2-4 — Oil conservation commission; members; term; officers; quorum; power to administer oaths.
- Section 70-2-5 — Oil conservation division; director; state petroleum engineer.
- Section 70-2-6 — Commission's and division's powers and duties.
- Section 70-2-7 — Rules of procedure in hearings; manner of giving notice; record of rules, regulations and orders.
- Section 70-2-8 — Subpoena power; immunity of natural persons required to testify.
- Section 70-2-9 — Failure or refusal to comply with subpoena; refusal to testify; body attachment; contempt.
- Section 70-2-10 — Perjury; punishment.
- Section 70-2-11 — Power of commission and division to prevent waste and protect correlative rights.
- Section 70-2-12 — Enumeration of powers.
- Section 70-2-12.1 — Disposition of produced water; no permit required.
- Section 70-2-13 — Additional powers of commission or division; hearings before examiner; hearings de novo.
- Section 70-2-14 — Requirement for financial assurance.
- Section 70-2-15 — Allocation of allowable production among fields when division limits total amount of production.
- Section 70-2-16 — Allocation of allowable production in field or pool.
- Section 70-2-17 — Equitable allocation of allowable production; pooling; spacing.
- Section 70-2-18 — Spacing or proration unit with divided mineral ownership.
- Section 70-2-19 — Common purchasers; discrimination in purchasing prohibited.
- Section 70-2-20 — Repealed.
- Section 70-2-21 — Purchase, sale or handling of excess oil, natural gas or products prohibited.
- Section 70-2-22 — Rules and regulations to effectuate prohibitions against purchase or handling of excess oil or natural gas; penalties.
- Section 70-2-23 — Hearings on rules, regulations and orders; notice; emergency rules.
- Section 70-2-24 — Reports of governmental departments or agencies as to market demand to be deemed prima facie correct.
- Section 70-2-25 — Rehearings; appeals.
- Section 70-2-26 — Review of oil conservation commission decision; appeals.
- Section 70-2-27 — Temporary restraining order or injuction [injunction]; grounds; hearing; bond.
- Section 70-2-28 — Actions for violations.
- Section 70-2-29 — Actions for damages; institution of actions for injunctions by private parties.
- Section 70-2-30 — Violation of court order grounds for appointment of receiver.
- Section 70-2-31 — Violations of the Oil and Gas Act; penalties.
- Section 70-2-32 — Seizure and sale of illegal oil or gas or products; procedure.
- Section 70-2-33 — Definitions.
- Section 70-2-34 — Regulation, conservation and prevention of waste of carbon dioxide, helium and other non-hydrocarbon gases.
- Section 70-2-35 — Legal representation before the federal energy regulatory commission.
- Section 70-2-36 — Removing or altering marks of identification; penalty.
- Section 70-2-36.1 — Repealed.
- Section 70-2-37 — Oil and gas reclamation fund created; disposition of fund.
- Section 70-2-38 — Oil and gas reclamation fund administered; plugging wells on federal land; right of indemnification; annual report; contractors selling equipment for salvage.
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