Continental Resources, Inc. v. Farrar Oil Co.

MESCHKE, Justice.

[¶ 1] Farrar Oü Company appealed a summary judgment declaring Continental Resources, Inc. may rightfuüy drül a horizontal oü and gas weü through the designated subsurface formation of Farrar’s separate leasehold within a force-pooled spacing unit of the Cedar HiUs-Red River “B” field in Bowman County, North Dakota. We agree with the trial court that the compulsory pooling order authorizes the weü and precludes Farrar’s claim of subsurface trespass. We affirm.

[¶2] Continental holds oü and gas leases on the northwest and southeast quarters of section 17, Township 131 North,…