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JOHN M. DENMAN OIL v. STATE CORP. COM'N

No. 110,861.

342 P.3d 958 (2015)

JOHN M. DENMAN OIL CO., INC., Appellant, and Gary and Kayla Bridwell, d/b/a Black Rain Energy, Appellees, v. STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF the STATE of Kansas, Appellee. Gary and Kayla Bridwell, d/b/a Black Rain Energy, Petitioners, v. State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

January 9, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Rhoads , of Glaves, Irby & Rhoads, of Wichita, for appellant.

Dana Bradbury and Lane R. Palmateer , of Kansas Corporation Commission, for appellee.

Keith A. Brock , of Anderson & Byrd, LLP, of Ottawa, for petitioners.

Jeff Kennedy , of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, L.L.P., of Wichita, for amicus curiae Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association.

David E. Bengtson , of Stinson Leonard Street LLP, of Wichita, for amicus curiae Eastern Kansas Oil & Gas Association.

Before GREEN, P.J., LEBEN and BRUNS, JJ.

John M. Denman Oil Company has appealed a Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) order that Denman Oil must plug 41 abandoned oil wells. Denman Oil contends that only one party may be held legally responsible for the wells under K.S.A. 55-179 and that since another party took over the mineral lease from Denman Oil, it is no longer responsible...

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