Schwartz v. Prairie Producing Co., Inc.

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment construing oil, gas, and mineral leases.

Appellants own mineral interests in two tracts of land on which they executed eight leases that were assigned to appellee. Ap-pellee pooled the tracts into two separate gas units that include three producing gas wells. Each well produces sour gas, which is gas that contains hydrogen sulfide.

Appellee contracted with Cities Service Co. for delivery of sour gas at the wellhead. Cities Service would transport the sour gas to its processing facility, where sulphur was recovered from the hydrogen…