Arena Resources, Inc. v. Obo, Inc.

238 P.3d 357 (2010)

2010-NMCA-061

ARENA RESOURCES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

OBO, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

No. 29,241.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

March 30, 2010.

Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson, P.C., Matt Catalano, Susan Richardson, Midland, TX, for Appellee.

Davis, Gerald & Cremer, P.C., Robert P. Crumpler, Jr., Midland, TX, Reagan & Sanchez, P.A., Mark Terrence Sanchez, Hobbs, NM, for Appellant.

OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

{1} This case involves a dispute between two of three working-interest owners in an oilfield called the Seven Rivers-Queen Unit (the unit) located in Lea County, New Mexico. The…