Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and Denbury Onshore, LLC

DAVIS, Justice.

[11] The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission approved Cimarex Energy Company's plan to reinject waste carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide into a producing natural gas formation in southwest Wyoming, over the objection of Appellant Exxon Mobil Corporation. Exxon unsuccessfully sought to overturn the Commission's decision in the District Court for the Seventh Judicial District, and now appeals the district court's order affirming that decision to this Court. 1

[12] The parties present a number of issues in their comprehensive briefs, but review of the complete record and…