Landowners, Oil, Gas & Royalty Owners Ex Rel. Romang v. Corporation Commission

IRWIN, Justice:

This is an appeal by a majority of the landowners, gas, oil and royalty owners, hereinafter designated protestants, who own properties covered by drilling and spacing order No. 55417, entered by the Corporation Commission, hereinafter designated Commission.

Champlin Oil & Refining Company submitted its application to establish both gas- and oil drilling and spacing units for the-further development of the Mississippi Lime formation in the Northeast Enid Field, sometimes called the Enid Breckenridge Field, in Garfield County.

After the hearing, the Commission found,, inter alia:

“Th…