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§ 19-10-46 NMSA 1978

[Cooperative agreements; requisites for approval.]

1941 Comp., § 8-1139, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 88, § 2; 1953 Comp., § 7-11-40; Laws 1961, ch. 176, § 2.

No such agreement shall be consented to or approved by the commissioner unless he finds that:

A. such agreement will tend to promote the conservation of oil or gas and the better utilization of reservoir energy;

B. under the operations proposed the state and each beneficiary of the lands involved will receive its fair share of the recoverable oil or gas in place under its lands in the area affected; and

C. the agreement is in other respects for the best interests of the state.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.