Legal Opinion
El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. Corporation Commission
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided December 8, 1981No. 53236PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Per curiam
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (Commission), upon application by Leede Exploration Company (Leede), ordered the de-spacing of two 1440-acre drilling units in Washita and Beckham Counties. It ordered the establishment of six 640-acre spacing units encompassing land from the larger de-spaced units. The new units are spaced for five formations, lower Morrow through Hunton.
When the initial Corporation Commission spacing order went into effect in 1973, there were no commercially producing wells in the area. One well (McCullah Easley) had been drilled. It was abandoned, but later reopened.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Cameron v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1966
- Yellow Transit Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1947
- Wood Oil Co. v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1950
- Brown v. Banking BoardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1973
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1986
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