CONTINENTAL OIL CO. v. OIL CONSERVATION COM'N

No. 6830.

373 P.2d 809 (1962)

70 N.M. 310

CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY, Amerada Petroleum Corporation, Pan American Petroleum Corporation, Shell Oil Company, The Atlantic Refining Company, Standard Oil Company of Texas, and Humble Oil & Refining Company, Petitioner-Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. OIL CONSERVATION COMMISSION, Respondent-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company, a Foreign Corporation, El Paso Natural Gas Company, a Foreign Corporation, Permian Basin Pipeline Company, a Foreign Corporation, and Southern Union Gas Company, a Foreign Corporation, Respondents-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atwood & Malone, Hervey, Dow & Hinkle, Roswell, Kellahin & Fox, Santa Fe, for appellants.

Hilton A. Dickson, Jr., Atty. Gen., Oliver E. Payne, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for appellee and cross-appellant.

Campbell & Russell, Roswell, for Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co.

Ray C. Cowan, Hobbs, Hardie, Grambling, Sims & Galatzan, El Paso, Tex., for El Paso Natural Gas Co.

Robert W. Ward, Lovington, for Permian Basin Pipeline Co.


CARMODY, Justice.

Appellants seek to reverse the judgment of the district court, which, on appeal, affirmed a contested order by the appellee commission.

Appellants are seven of the producers of natural gas in the Jalmat Pool, and the appellees, in addition to the Oil Conservation Commission, consist of one of the producers in the same field and three pipeline companies which take gas from the field. The Oil Conservation Commission, as appellee, is also a...

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