AMERADA HESS CORP. v. FURLONG OIL & MINERALS CO.

Civ. No. 10430.

336 N.W.2d 129 (1983)

AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, in its own behalf and as unit operator of the Tioga-Madison Unit, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FURLONG OIL AND MINERALS COMPANY, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

June 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fleck, Mather, Strutz & Mayer, Bismarck, for plaintiff and appellant; argued by John W. Morrison, Bismarck.

Bjella, Neff, Rathert, Wahl & Eiken, Williston, for defendant and appellee; argued by Fred C. Rathert and Vern C. Neff, Williston.

Rolfstad, Winkjer, McKennett, Kaiser, Stenehjem & Walters, Williston, amicus curiae.


PEDERSON, Justice.

Amerada Hess Corporation appeals from an order dissolving a temporary restraining order. We reverse and remand.

The K-119 Well, which is the subject of this controversy, was drilled in 1956 by Amerada Petroleum Corporation, predecessor to Amerada Hess Corporation, pursuant to an oil and gas lease from Clifford and Alice Syverson. The well was completed in the Rival Zone of the Madison Pool and...

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