This rule was filed as Rule G-106.

TITLE 19 NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE

CHAPTER 14 GEOTHERMAL POWER

PART 25 DRILLING MUD AND MUD PITS

19.14.25.1 ISSUING AGENCY: Energy and Minerals Department, Oil Conservation Division, P.O. Box 2088, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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19.14.25.2 SCOPE: [RESERVED]

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19.14.25.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: [RESERVED]

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19.14.25.4 DURATION: [RESERVED]

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19.14.25.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: [November 15, 1983]

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19.14.25.6 OBJECTIVE: [RESERVED]

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19.14.25.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]

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19.14.25.8 DRILLING MUD AND MUD PITS:

A. In order to assure an adequate supply of drilling fluid to confine all natural fluids to their respective native strata and to prevent blowouts, each operator shall, prior to commencing drilling operations, provide a pit of adequate size to hold such drilling fluid and to receive drill cuttings, and such pit shall be so constructed and maintained to prevent contaminants from overflowing on the surface of the ground and/or entering any water course.

B. The temperature of the return mud shall be monitored continuously during the drilling of the surface casing hole, and in the case of a thermal gradient well, shall be monitored to total depth. Either a continuous temperature recording device shall be installed and maintained in good working condition, or the temperature shall be measured manually and recorded at least one time each hour.

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HISTORY OF 19.14.25 NMAC:

Pre-NMAC History: The material in this Part was derived from that previously filed with the State Records Center and Archives:

Rule G-106, Drilling Mud and Mud Pits, 11/1/83.

History of Repealed Material: [RESERVED]