CONTINENTAL RESOURCES v. FARRAR OIL

Civil No. 960328.

559 N.W.2d 841 (1997)

1997 ND 31

CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC., an Oklahoma Corporation, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. FARRAR OIL COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

February 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Bender of Pearce & Durick, Bismarck, for Plaintiff and Appellee. Submitted on brief.

Sonna M. Anderson of Anderson & Anderson, Bismarck, and James R. Cox, Enid, OK, for Defendant and Appellant. Submitted on brief.


MESCHKE, Justice.

[¶ 1] Farrar Oil Company appealed a summary judgment declaring Continental Resources, Inc. may rightfully drill a horizontal oil and gas well through the designated subsurface formation of Farrar's separate leasehold within a force-pooled spacing unit of the Cedar Hills-Red River "B" field in Bowman County, North Dakota. We agree with the trial court that the compulsory pooling order authorizes the well and precludes Farrar's claim of subsurface...

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