PURSUE ENERGY CORP. v. STATE OIL AND GAS BD.

No. 58039.

524 So.2d 569 (1988)

PURSUE ENERGY CORPORATION v. STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF MISSISSIPPI, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing May 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walker L. Watters, William C. Brabec, Gerald, Brand, Watters, Cox & Hemleben, Jackson, for appellant.

David B. Gross, William R. Presson, Satterfield & Allred, Jackson, Melinda J. Stewart, New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.


SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal calls upon us to determine if interest charges are recoverable as "costs of development and operation," under Mississippi Code Annotated, Section 53-3-7 (1972), our force-pooling statute.

In 1978 both Shell Oil and Pursue Energy had leasehold interests in the Thomasville Field. Pursue filed a petition requesting that the Oil & Gas Board create two drilling units, force-pool the mineral interests of the non...

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