Included in the power given to the division is the authority to collect data; to make investigations and inspections; to examine properties, leases, papers, books and records; to examine, check, test and gauge geothermal resources wells and geothermal resources transportation, storage and utilization facilities; to limit and allocate production of geothermal resources as provided in the Geothermal Resources Conservation Act [71-5-1 NMSA 1978]; and to require certificates of clearance for the production or transportation of geothermal resources.
Apart from any authority, express or implied, elsewhere given to or existing in the division by virtue of the Geothermal Resources Conservation Act [Chapter 71, Article 5 NMSA 1978] or the statutes of this state, the division may make rules, regulations and orders for the purposes and with respect to the subject matter stated herein, viz.:
A. to require noncommercial or abandoned wells to be plugged in such a way as to confine all fluids in the strata in which they are found, and to prevent them from escaping into other strata; the division may require a bond of not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) conditioned for the performance of such regulations;
B. to prevent geothermal resources, water or other fluids from escaping from the strata in which they are found into other strata;
C. to require reports showing locations of all geothermal resources wells, and to require the filing of logs and drilling records or reports and production reports;
D. to prevent the premature cooling of any geothermal stratum or strata by water encroachment, or otherwise, which reduces or tends to reduce the total ultimate recovery of geothermal resources from any geothermal reservoir;
E. to prevent "blowouts" and "caving" in the sense that such terms are generally understood in the geothermal drilling business;
F. to require wells to be drilled, operated and produced in such a manner as to prevent injury to neighboring leases or properties and to afford reasonable protection to human life and health and to the environment;
G. to identify the ownership of geothermal producing leases, properties, plans, structures, and transportation and utilization facilities;
H. to require the operation of wells efficiently;
I. to fix the spacing of wells;
J. to classify and from time to time as is necessary reclassify geothermal reservoirs and low-temperature thermal reservoirs;
K. to define and from time to time as is necessary redefine the horizontal and vertical limits of geothermal reservoirs and low-temperature thermal reservoirs;
L. to permit and regulate the injection of fluids into geothermal reservoirs and low-temperature thermal reservoirs;
M. to regulate the disposition of geothermal resources or the residue thereof, and to direct the surface or subsurface disposal of such in a manner that will afford reasonable protection against contamination of all fresh waters and waters of present or probable future value for domestic, commercial, agricultural or stock purposes, and will afford reasonable protection to human life and health and to the environment; and
N. to define and from time to time as is necessary redefine the limits of any area containing commercial deposits of potash, and to regulate and where necessary prohibit geothermal drilling or producing operations where such operations would have the effect unduly to reduce the total quantity of such commercial deposits of potash which may reasonably be recovered in commercial quantities.
Included in the power given to the division is the authority to collect data; to make investigations and inspections; to examine properties, leases, papers, books and records; to examine, check, test and gauge geothermal resources wells and geothermal resources transportation, storage and utilization facilities; to limit and allocate production of geothermal resources as provided in the Geothermal Resources Conservation Act [71-5-1 NMSA 1978]; and to require certificates of clearance for the production or transportation of geothermal resources.
Apart from any authority, express or implied, elsewhere given to or existing in the division by virtue of the Geothermal Resources Conservation Act [Chapter 71, Article 5 NMSA 1978] or the statutes of this state, the division may make rules, regulations and orders for the purposes and with respect to the subject matter stated herein, viz.:
A. to require noncommercial or abandoned wells to be plugged in such a way as to confine all fluids in the strata in which they are found, and to prevent them from escaping into other strata; the division may require a bond of not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) conditioned for the performance of such regulations;
B. to prevent geothermal resources, water or other fluids from escaping from the strata in which they are found into other strata;
C. to require reports showing locations of all geothermal resources wells, and to require the filing of logs and drilling records or reports and production reports;
D. to prevent the premature cooling of any geothermal stratum or strata by water encroachment, or otherwise, which reduces or tends to reduce the total ultimate recovery of geothermal resources from any geothermal reservoir;
E. to prevent "blowouts" and "caving" in the sense that such terms are generally understood in the geothermal drilling business;
F. to require wells to be drilled, operated and produced in such a manner as to prevent injury to neighboring leases or properties and to afford reasonable protection to human life and health and to the environment;
G. to identify the ownership of geothermal producing leases, properties, plans, structures, and transportation and utilization facilities;
H. to require the operation of wells efficiently;
I. to fix the spacing of wells;
J. to classify and from time to time as is necessary reclassify geothermal reservoirs and low-temperature thermal reservoirs;
K. to define and from time to time as is necessary redefine the horizontal and vertical limits of geothermal reservoirs and low-temperature thermal reservoirs;
L. to permit and regulate the injection of fluids into geothermal reservoirs and low-temperature thermal reservoirs;
M. to regulate the disposition of geothermal resources or the residue thereof, and to direct the surface or subsurface disposal of such in a manner that will afford reasonable protection against contamination of all fresh waters and waters of present or probable future value for domestic, commercial, agricultural or stock purposes, and will afford reasonable protection to human life and health and to the environment; and
N. to define and from time to time as is necessary redefine the limits of any area containing commercial deposits of potash, and to regulate and where necessary prohibit geothermal drilling or producing operations where such operations would have the effect unduly to reduce the total quantity of such commercial deposits of potash which may reasonably be recovered in commercial quantities.
Included in the power given to the division is the authority to collect data; to make investigations and inspections; to examine properties, leases, papers, books and records; to examine, check, test and gauge geothermal resources wells and geothermal resources transportation, storage and utilization facilities; to limit and allocate production of geothermal resources as provided in the Geothermal Resources Conservation Act [71-5-1 NMSA 1978]; and to require certificates of clearance for the production or transportation of geothermal resources.
Apart from any authority, express or implied, elsewhere given to or existing in the division by virtue of the Geothermal Resources Conservation Act [Chapter 71, Article 5 NMSA 1978] or the statutes of this state, the division may make rules, regulations and orders for the purposes and with respect to the subject matter stated herein, viz.:
A. to require noncommercial or abandoned wells to be plugged in such a way as to confine all fluids in the strata in which they are found, and to prevent them from escaping into other strata; the division may require a bond of not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) conditioned for the performance of such regulations;
B. to prevent geothermal resources, water or other fluids from escaping from the strata in which they are found into other strata;
C. to require reports showing locations of all geothermal resources wells, and to require the filing of logs and drilling records or reports and production reports;
D. to prevent the premature cooling of any geothermal stratum or strata by water encroachment, or otherwise, which reduces or tends to reduce the total ultimate recovery of geothermal resources from any geothermal reservoir;
E. to prevent "blowouts" and "caving" in the sense that such terms are generally understood in the geothermal drilling business;
F. to require wells to be drilled, operated and produced in such a manner as to prevent injury to neighboring leases or properties and to afford reasonable protection to human life and health and to the environment;
G. to identify the ownership of geothermal producing leases, properties, plans, structures, and transportation and utilization facilities;
H. to require the operation of wells efficiently;
I. to fix the spacing of wells;
J. to classify and from time to time as is necessary reclassify geothermal reservoirs and low-temperature thermal reservoirs;
K. to define and from time to time as is necessary redefine the horizontal and vertical limits of geothermal reservoirs and low-temperature thermal reservoirs;
L. to permit and regulate the injection of fluids into geothermal reservoirs and low-temperature thermal reservoirs;
M. to regulate the disposition of geothermal resources or the residue thereof, and to direct the surface or subsurface disposal of such in a manner that will afford reasonable protection against contamination of all fresh waters and waters of present or probable future value for domestic, commercial, agricultural or stock purposes, and will afford reasonable protection to human life and health and to the environment; and
N. to define and from time to time as is necessary redefine the limits of any area containing commercial deposits of potash, and to regulate and where necessary prohibit geothermal drilling or producing operations where such operations would have the effect unduly to reduce the total quantity of such commercial deposits of potash which may reasonably be recovered in commercial quantities.
