STAMFORD ENERGY COMPANIES v. CORP. COM'N

No. 64800.

764 P.2d 880 (1988)

STAMFORD ENERGY COMPANIES, INC., Appellant, v. The CORPORATION COMMISSION OF the STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied November 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Whitebook, Tulsa, for appellant.

Oklahoma Corp. Comm'n by Gretchen P. Hoover and Leslie Wilson Pepper, Oklahoma City, for appellee.


HODGES, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma (Commission) has the power and authority to hold a bonded and designated operator of a lease responsible for the unlawful acts of its service contractors which the operator hires to perform tasks on the lease for the benefit of the operator.

An operator of a well must agree in writing to drill, operate and plug the well in compliance...

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