TENNECO OIL CO. v. EL PASO NATURAL GAS

No. 53201.

687 P.2d 1049 (1984)

TENNECO OIL COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee, v. EL PASO NATURAL GAS COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 1984.

As Corrected September 13, 14 and October 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.B. Watson, Jr., Richard K. Books, Watson, McKenzie & Moricoli, Oklahoma City, for appellee.

David T. Burleson, Rand C. Schmidt, El Paso, James M. Gaitis, Robert J. Emery, Emery, McCandless, Gaitis, Bruehl & Gerstandt, P.C., Oklahoma City, for appellant, El Paso Natural Gas Co.


DOOLIN, Justice:

The cleavage within this Court, as demonstrated by this case, arises from deciding whether, after a forced-pooling order is issued by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the parties named as operator, and as electee or poolee, may contract between themselves to enlarge or otherwise define the terms set forth in the pooling order. Restated the question posed is this: may the interested parties to a forced...

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