Petro Grande, Inc. v. Texas Pacific Oil Co.

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

This is an appeal by Petro Grande, Inc., and Robinson Resource Development Company, Inc. (Robinson), from an order of the Chancery Court of the Second Judicial District of Jasper County, Mississippi, which affirmed an order of the Mississippi State Oil & Gas Board (Board). The Board’s order approved a petition of Texas Pacific Oil Company, Inc. (Texas), for the establishment of a plan of unitizing a part of the Lake Como Oil Field located in Jasper County, which produces from the Smack-over sands. The unit thus formed is designated as the Smackover Unit.…