N.M. Stat. § 70-2-21
Purchase, sale or handling of excess oil, natural gas or
products prohibited.
A. The sale or purchase or acquisition, or the transportation, refining, processing or
handling in any other way, of crude petroleum oil or natural gas in whole or in part
produced in excess of the amount allowed by any statute of this state, or by any
provision of this act, or by any rule, regulation or order of the commission or division
made thereunder, is hereby prohibited, and such oil or commodity is hereby referred to
as "illegal oil" or "illegal gas," as the case may be.
B. The sale or purchase or acquisition, or the transportation, refining, processing or
the handling in any other way, of any product of crude petroleum or any product of
natural gas, which product is derived in whole or in part from crude petroleum oil or
natural gas produced in whole or in part in excess of the amount allowed by any statute
of this state, or by any provisions of this act, or by any rule, regulation or order of the
commission or division made thereunder, is hereby prohibited, and each such
commodity or product is herein referred to as "illegal oil product" to distinguish it from
"legal oil product," or "illegal gas product" to distinguish it from "legal gas product."