Continental Oil Co. v. Oil Conservation Commission

CARMODY, Justice.

Appellants seek to reverse the judgment of the district court, which, on appeal, affirmed a contested order by the appellee commission.

Appellants are seven of the producers of natural gas in the Jalmat Pool, and the appellees, in addition to the Oil Conservation Commission, consist of one of the producers in the same field and three pipeline companies which take gas from the field. Th,e Oil Conservation Commission, as appellee, is also a cross-appellant on a question which will later be discussed.

The law creating the Oil Conservation Commission was originally enacted as Ch.…