Big Piney Oil & Gas Co. v. WYOMING OIL & GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

MACY, Justice.

This case comes before us on a certification from the district court. We are asked to review an order of the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (Commission) which restricted production from the gas wells of appellant Big Piney Oil & Gas Company (Big Piney) to prevent waste of hydrocarbons from the adjoining Big Piney Mesaverde Unit (Unit).

We affirm the Commission’s order.

During the 1950’s, the owners of separate leases, including Big Piney, drilled and produced oil and gas from the Mesaverde formation under their several leases in the area designated as the Big Piney…