Sylvania Corp. v. Kilborne

Chief Judge Fuld.

This appeal, posing a question of first impression and here by our leave, requires us to construe provisions of the Conservation Law empowering the Conservation Department to regulate the development and operation of natural gas fields in this State.

The Sylvania Corporation, the petitioner herein, and Wyckoff Development Company, the respondent, are gas and oil producers operating wells in what is known as the Wyckoff Field located in Steuben County.1 Prior to the summer of 1966, Syl*430vania had acquired drilling rights in 27 different tracts of property located in the Field by…