MARLIN OIL v. CORP. COMM'N OF STATE OF OKLAHOMA

No. 48501.

562 P.2d 851 (1977)

MARLIN OIL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. CORPORATION COMMISSION OF the STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George, Kenan, Robertson & Lindsey by James W. George, Oklahoma City, for appellant.

Crowe, Dunlevy, Thweatt, Swinford, Johnson & Burdick, by C. Harold Thweatt, Oklahoma City, Harry O. Hickman, Gordon D. Ryan, Denver, Colo., for appellee.


BERRY, Justice:

The facts on appeal are rather simple and involve the power and responsibility of Oklahoma Corporation Commission [Commission] to protect correlative rights of mineral owners. Specifically, Amoco Production Company [Amoco] drilled a gas well [Veith No. 1] in a 640 acre Veith drilling and spacing unit of Mississippi Chester Lime formation located in Kingfisher County. Veith No. 1 was assigned a monthly production...

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