The commissioner may, upon application and after a public hearing, suspend operations and production on a producing lease. On his own motion and after a public hearing, the commissioner, in the interest of conservation, may suspend operations on any lease, but in any such case he shall extend the lease term for the period of any suspension.
History: 1953 Comp., § 7-15-10, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 158, § 10.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 13 - Lease of Geothermal Resources on State Lands
Section 19-13-1 - Short title.
Section 19-13-2 - Definitions.
Section 19-13-3 - Administration of act.
Section 19-13-4 - Geothermal resources of commercial value.
Section 19-13-5 - Leases; applications; limitations.
Section 19-13-6 - Known geothermal resources fields.
Section 19-13-7 - Leases; terms; rentals and royalties.
Section 19-13-8 - Leases; relinquishment.
Section 19-13-9 - Rent or royalties; waiver; suspension; reduction.
Section 19-13-10 - Suspension of operation and production.
Section 19-13-11 - Leases; duration.
Section 19-13-11.1 - Leases; stipulation; rental; royalty.
Section 19-13-11.2 - Validation of geothermal resource leases.
Section 19-13-12 - Combining geothermal resources.
Section 19-13-13 - Reinjecting geothermal resources.
Section 19-13-14 - Cooperative development or operation.
Section 19-13-15 - Posting of open acreage; simultaneous applications.
Section 19-13-16 - State land sales and leases; reservations.
Section 19-13-17 - Use of the surface.
Section 19-13-18 - Bonds; surface damage; performance.
Section 19-13-19 - State lands; jurisdictions.
Section 19-13-20 - General mining lease; lease preference.
Section 19-13-21 - Transferability.
Section 19-13-22 - Inspection of records; reports.
Section 19-13-23 - Violation of lease; notice; forfeiture.
Section 19-13-24 - Removing improvements upon termination of lease.
Section 19-13-25 - Regulations.
Section 19-13-26 - Withholding state lands from lease; lease by competitive bids.