PETROLEUM RESERVE CORP. v. DIERKSEN

No. 53009.

623 P.2d 602 (1981)

PETROLEUM RESERVE CORPORATION, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. Emiel E. DIERKSEN and Mary Dierksen, Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

January 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence T. Chambers, Jr., Kevin C. Coutant, Richard P. Hix, Doerner, Stuart, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, Tulsa, for appellee and cross-appellant.

Mitchell, DeClerck, Cox, Halstead, Lahman & Shaw by James R. Cox, Enid, for appellants and cross-appellees.


DOOLIN, Justice:

Does oil and gas production from a well inside a spacing unit extend the primary lease period on land found within that same spacing unit but upon which the well is not drilled? We answer in the affirmative.

On April 26, 1975 defendants Dierksens (lessors) gave an oil and gas lease on a quarter section of land to plaintiff Petroleum Reserve Corporation (lessee). The primary term was three years providing...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases