Hanson v. Industrial Commission of North Dakota

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

Robert E. Hanson has appealed from a district court judgment affirming the Industrial Commission’s denial of his application to dispose of produced saltwater from the State F-24 well by injecting it into the Madison formation through the State F-22A well. We affirm.

Hanson is a working interest owner in the State F-24 well in the NEVi NE 1 /) of Section 36, Township 160 North, Range 95 West, and in the State F-22A well in the NEVí SEVi of Section 36. The State F-24 well produces about 13 barrels of oil and 165 barrels of water per day from the Madison formation. The…