Ex Parte Mobil Oil Corp.

Mobil Oil Corporation, Mobil Oil Exploration and Producing Southeast, Inc., and Mobil Exploration and Producing Services United States, Inc. (collectively referred to as "Mobil") petition this Court to order the Circuit Court of Mobile County to limit discovery in a pending case to matters relevant to the one factual determination before the trial court.

The dispute underlying this petition has previously been before this Court. In Mobil Oil Corp. v. Schlumberger,598 So.2d 1341 (Ala. 1992), Mobil appealed from a summary judgment in favor of Anadrill, Inc. (previously known as Anadrill…