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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 30. Criminal Offenses § 30-16-47. Documentation required

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. Any person in possession of crude petroleum oil or any sediment, water or brine produced in association with the production of oil or gas or both for transportation by motor vehicle from or to storage, disposal, processing or refining must also possess specific documentation required by regulation of the oil conservation division of the energy and minerals department, hereinafter in this act called “division,” which substantiates his right to be in possession of the estimated volume of crude petroleum oil carried in that vehicle. The regulation shall require the documentation to include:

(1) the identity of the operator and the location of the lease from which the crude petroleum oil or any sediment, water or brine produced in association with the production of oil or gas or both, if it is purportedly being transported from a lease; and

(2) the identity of the operator of and the location of the storage facility from which or to which the crude petroleum oil or any sediment, water or brine produced in association with the production of oil or gas or both is being transported; and

(3) the identity of the operator of and the location of the disposal, processing or refining facility to which the crude petroleum oil or any sediment, water or brine produced in association with the production of oil or gas or both is being transported; and

(4) the estimated percentage of crude petroleum oil in the sediment, water or brine produced in association with the production of oil or gas or both, which is being transported; or

(5) the volume of crude petroleum oil being transported; and

(6) any additional information the division finds necessary or convenient.

B. Any person who stores, processes, disposes of or refines any volume of crude petroleum oil must possess specific documentation as prescribed by regulation of the division which substantiates his right to be in possession of the volume of crude petroleum oil he possesses or in possession of an amount of crude petroleum oil which could reasonably justify the amount of processed or refined products produced by him from crude petroleum oil, and in his possession or sold by him.

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