Grace Petroleum Corp. v. Corporation Commission

OPINION

HUNTER, Judge:

Appellants, Grace Petroleum Corporation and Swift Energy Company, (Grace, Swift or collectively Appellants) seek review of an order of Appellee, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, (Commission) sitting en banc which granted Appellee, Helmerich and Payne, Inc.’s, (H & P) application to drill an additional well in the unit comprised of Section 27, Township 10 North, Range 12 West, Caddo County, Oklahoma. The history of this unit includes the drilling of a well in 1981 by Amoco Production Company (Amoco). Appellee H & P elected not to participate and chose to receive a…