J.P. Furlong Co. v. Bd. of Oil, Gas & Mining

Justice Pearce, opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 J.P. Furlong Company (Furlong) owns a mineral lease. Furlong challenges the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining's (Board) decision to impose a joint operating agreement (JOA) 1 on its relationship with the party operating a drilling unit that includes Furlong's lease. Furlong primarily complains that the Board accepted, without change, the JOA the operator proposed. Furlong also assails the Board's refusal to make any of the changes to the JOA that Furlong wanted.

¶ 2 The JOA is materially the same agreement that governs other interests in the…