Cook v. Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission

MACY, Justice.

Appellant D.L. Cook sought review in the district court of Appellee Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s report, wherein the Commission approved Appellee North Finn’s application to add land to the North Carson Muddy Unit (the Unit) and denied Cook’s application for a special order to protect his correlative rights. The Commission had changed its interpretation of Wyo.Stat. § 30-5-110 (1983) with regard to the percentage of approval which was required from non-cost-bearing interests and cost-bearing interests for the expansion of an existing secondary recovery unit. The…