N.M. Stat. § 70-7-12
Operation; expressed or implied covenants.
All operations, including but not limited to, the commencement, drilling or operation
of a well upon any portion of the unit area shall be deemed for all purposes the conduct
of such operations upon each separately owned tract in the unit area by the several
owners thereof. The portions of the unit production allocated to a separately owned tract
in a unit area shall, when produced, be deemed, for all purposes, to have been actually
produced from such tract by a well drilled thereon. Operations conducted pursuant to an
order of the division providing for unit operations shall constitute a fulfillment of all the
express or implied obligations for each lease or contract covering lands in the unit area
to the extent that compliance with such obligations cannot be had because of the order
of the division.