MARLIN OIL CORP. v. CORP. COMMISSION

No. 48643.

569 P.2d 961 (1977)

MARLIN OIL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. CORPORATION COMMISSION of the State of Oklahoma, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied October 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Lloyd G. Minter, C.J. Roberts, Bartlesville, Edward J. Fauss, Galen E. Ward, Oklahoma City, for appellee, Phillips Petroleum Co.

Harvey H. Cody, Jr., Conservation Atty., State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, for appellee, Corporation Commission.


DOOLIN, Justice.

In 1957 the Corporation Commission (Commission) issued an order creating 640 acre drilling and spacing units for production of gas and gas condensate from the Morrow Sand underlying 422 square miles in Beaver County. Marlin Oil Corporation is the owner of a valid oil and gas lease covering the unit which is the subject of this appeal (subject unit). By an order in 1959 the Commission extended the spaced area...

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