TEXACO INC. v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N

Civ. No. 890167.

448 N.W.2d 621 (1989)

TEXACO INC., a corporation, Appellant, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF the STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA and Harley Thompson, Appellees.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

November 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pearce & Durick, Bismarck, and Randle G. Jones, Texaco Inc., Denver, Colo., for appellant; argued by Randle G. Jones. Appearance by William P. Pearce of Pearce & Durick.

Charles M. Carvell (argued), Asst. Atty. Gen., State Land Dept., Bismarck, for appellee Industrial Com'n of the State of N.D.

Dennis Edward Johnson (argued), Watford City, for appellee Harley Thompson.


ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

Texaco Inc. appealed from a district court decision affirming a compulsory pooling order issued by the North Dakota Industrial Commission for the development and operation of an oil and gas well in the NE¼ of Section 25, Township 153 North, Range 96 West in McKenzie County. We affirm.

The NE¼ of Section 25 is located in the Keene-Silurian Pool. Texaco holds mineral leases covering 29/32 of the mineral interests in the NE...

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