DRO

DRO

Definition(s)

DRO

“DRO” means diesel range organics. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Downstream Facility

Downstream Facility

Definition(s)

Downstream Facility

“Downstream facility” means a facility associated with the transportation (including gathering) or processing of gas or oil (including a refinery, gas plant, compressor station or crude oil pump station); brine production; or the oil field service industry. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Division Clerk

Division Clerk

Definition(s)

Division Clerk

“Division clerk” means the division employee the Director designates to accept filings in adjudicatory cases before the division. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Depth Bracket Allowable

Depth Bracket Allowable

Definition(s)

Depth Bracket Allowable

“Depth bracket allowable” means the basic oil allowable the division assigns a pool and based on its depth, unit size or special pool orders, which, when multiplied by the market demand percentage factor in effect, determines the pool’s top proration unit allowable. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Deep Pool

Deep Pool

Definition(s)

Deep Pool

“Deep pool” means a common source of supply that is situated 5000 feet or more below the surface. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Cubic Feet Of Gas Or Cubic Foot Of Gas

Cubic Feet Of Gas Or Cubic Foot Of Gas

Definition(s)

Cubic Feet Of Gas Or Cubic Foot Of Gas

“Cubic feet of gas or cubic foot of gas” means that volume of gas contained in one cubic foot of space and computed at a base pressure of 10 ounces per square inch above the average barometric pressure of 14.4 psi (15.025 psi absolute), at a standard base temperature of 60 degrees fahrenheit. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Conventional Multiple Completion

Conventional Multiple Completion

Definition(s)

Conventional Multiple Completion

“Conventional multiple completion” means a completion in which two or more common sources of supply are produced through one or more strings of tubing installed within a single casing string, with the production from each common source of supply completely segregated by means of packers. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Conventional Completion

Conventional Completion

Definition(s)

Conventional Completion

“Conventional completion” means a well completion in which the production string of casing has an outside diameter in excess of 2.875 inches. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Contiguous

Contiguous

Definition(s)

Contiguous

“Contiguous” means acreage joined by more than one common point, that is, the common boundary is at least one side of a governmental quarter-quarter section. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Common Purchaser For Gas

Common Purchaser For Gas

Definition(s)

Common Purchaser For Gas

“Common purchaser for gas” means a person now or hereafter engaged in purchasing from one or more producers gas produced from gas wells within each common source of supply from which it purchases. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Commission Clerk

Commission Clerk

Definition(s)

Commission Clerk

“Commission clerk” means the division employee the director designates to provide staff support to the commission and accept filings in rulemaking or adjudicatory cases before the commission. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Combination Multiple Completion

Combination Multiple Completion

Definition(s)

Combination Multiple Completion

“Combination multiple completion” means a multiple completion in which two or more common sources of supply are produced through a combination of two or more conventional diameter casing strings cemented in a common well bore, or a combination of small diameter and conventional diameter casing strings cemented in a common well bore, the conventional diameter strings of which might or might not be a conventional multiple completion. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
CPD

CPD

Definition(s)

CPD

Current Product Definition. Source: API STANDARD 16AR, Standard for Repair and Remanufacture of Drill-through Equipment, First Edition, April 2017. Global Standards  

CPD

Complete design verified and validated definition of the requirements for the current assembled product, single equipment unit, or component part, including specified limits, tolerances, health requirements, safety requirements, environmental requirements, limitations of use, customer-specific requirements, design acceptance criteria, materials of construction, materials processing requirements, physical properties, physical dimensions, requirements for manufacturing process controls, inspection, assembly, testing, marking, handling, storage, maintenance, service, and record requirements. Source: API STANDARD 16AR, Standard for Repair and Remanufacture of Drill-through Equipment, First Edition, April 2017. Global Standards

CPD

“CPD” means central point delivery. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations
CM/SEC

CM/SEC

Definition(s)

CM/SEC

“Cm/sec” means centimeters per second. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Carbon Dioxide Gas

Carbon Dioxide Gas

Definition(s)

Carbon Dioxide Gas

“Carbon dioxide gas” means noncombustible gas composed chiefly of carbon dioxide occurring naturally in underground rocks. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
BTEX

BTEX

Definition(s)

BTEX

“BTEX” means benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
BS&W

BS&W

Definition(s)

BS&W

Base sediment and water. Source: ISO 16530-1:2017, Petroleum and natural gas industries - Well integrity – Part 1: Life cycle governance, First Edition, March 2017. Global Standards

BS&W

"BS&W" means basic sediment and water which is that portion of fluids and/or solids that settle in the bottom of storage tanks and/or treating vessels and is unsaleable to the first purchaser in its present form. BS&W usually consists of water, paraffin, sand, scale, rust, and other sediments. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations  

BS&W

“BS&W” means basic sediments and water. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations
BLM

BLM

Definition(s)

BLM

“BLM” means the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Biopile

Biopile

Definition(s)

Biopile

“Biopile”, also known as biocell, bioheap, biomound or compost pile, means a pile of contaminated soils used to reduce concentrations of petroleum constituents in excavated soils through the use of biodegradation.  This technology involves heaping contaminated soils into piles or “cells” and stimulating aerobic microbial activity within the soils through the aeration or addition of minerals, nutrients and moisture. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Berm

Berm

Definition(s)

Berm

“Berm” means an embankment or ridge constructed to prevent the movement of liquids, sludge, solids or other materials. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Below-Grade Tank

Below-Grade Tank

Definition(s)

Below-Grade Tank

“Below-grade tank” means a vessel, excluding sumps and pressurized pipeline drip traps, where a portion of the tank's sidewalls is below the surrounding ground surface’s elevation.  Below-grade tank does not include an above ground storage tank that is located above or at the surrounding ground surface’s elevation and is surrounded by berms. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Background

Background

Definition(s)

Background

“Background” means, for purposes of ground water abatement plans only, the amount of ground water contaminants naturally occurring from undisturbed geologic sources or water contaminants occurring from a source other than the responsible person’s facility.  This definition does not prevent the director from requiring abatement of commingled plumes of pollution, does not prevent responsible persons from seeking contribution or other legal or equitable relief from other persons and does not preclude the director from exercising enforcement authority under any applicable statute, rule or common law. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Back Allowable

Back Allowable

Definition(s)

Back Allowable

“Back allowable” means the authorization for production of an underproduction resulting from pipeline proration. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations
Approved Temporary Abandonment

Approved Temporary Abandonment

Definition(s)

Approved Temporary Abandonment

“Approved temporary abandonment” means the status of a well that is inactive, has been approved in accordance with 19.15.25.13 NMAC and is in compliance with 19.15.25.12 NMAC through 19.15.25.14 NMAC. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
AFE

AFE

Definition(s)

AFE

“AFE” means authorization for expenditure. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations
Adjoining Spacing Units

Adjoining Spacing Units

Definition(s)

Adjoining Spacing Units

“Adjoining spacing units” mean those existing or prospective spacing units in the same pool that are touching at a point or line on the subject spacing unit. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations
Abatement Plan

Abatement Plan

Definition(s)

Abatement Plan

“Abatement plan” means a description of operational, monitoring, contingency and closure requirements and conditions for water pollution’s prevention, investigation and abatement. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations    
Abatement

Abatement

Definition(s)

Abatement

“Abatement” means the investigation, containment, removal or other mitigation of water pollution. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations      
Abate

Abate

Definition(s)

Abate

“Abate” means to investigate, contain, remove or mitigate water pollution. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations