AMOCO PRODUCTION CO. v. THOMPSON

Nos. CA 86-0190, CA 86-1316, CA 86-1317.

516 So.2d 376 (1987)

AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY v. Herbert W. THOMPSON, Commissioner of Conservation, et al. AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY v. Herbert W. THOMPSON, Commissioner of Conservation, et al. CHEVRON U.S.A., INC. v. Herbert W. THOMPSON, Commissioner of Conservation, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 13, 1987.

Writs Denied February 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Clayton Johnson, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant Amoco Production Co.

Veil David Devillier, Eunice, for defendant-appellee Herbert W. Thompson, Com'r of Conservation and Asst. Secretary, Office of Conservation of the State of Louisiana.

Randall C. Songy, Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Lafayette, for intervenor-appellant Energy Production Co.

Frederick W. Ellis, Strain, Dennis, Palmer, Mayhall & Bates, Baton Rouge, for intervenor-appellee Ray John Forrest, Beverly Rachel Janis Forrest and Silver Mount Corp.

William S. Strain, Baton Rouge, for intervenor-appellee, Sabine Corp., Frederick J. Frey, Edwin J. Leonards, Crutcher-Tufts Corp., H & W Petro-Resources, Inc., WPM Exploration, Inc., Billy R. Powell, Sam L. Pfiester, Jackson Bldg. Components, Inc., Circle Seven Oil & Gas, Inc., Royal Energy, A.R. Dike, Charles D. Saunders, Circle Seven Investments, Herlihy Exploration, MO-MC & Associates, James E. Fowler, W.E. Gene Taylor, William L. Word Co., A.C. Atkins, G. Hunter Enis, James B. Hanks, Milton Womack, James S. Jenkins, G. Allen Penniman, C. Wallace Gladney, Austin S. Bridgeforth, III, Hugh Goodrich.

Melanie M. Lewis, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant Chevron USA, Inc.

Before GROVER L. COVINGTON, C.J., and LANIER and ALFORD, JJ.


LANIER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a trial court judgment which affirmed an amended administrative order issued by the Commissioner of Conservation of the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Louisiana (Commissioner) which provided for the marketing of, and accounting for, the gas production of compulsory drilling and production units in a natural gas field.

BASIC FACTS

Effective October 20, 1980, and October 27, 1981, the Commissioner...

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