Crest Resources and Exploration Corp. v. Corporation Commission

OPALA, Justice:

Under review here is a refusal by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission [Commission] to vacate its prior pooling order and its failure to reach for decision Lessee’s alternative plea for that order’s modification. Two questions must be answered: [1] Did two post-order events-the unit operator’s alleged private-contract transfer to another of its Commission-conferred unit management responsibility and the successor’s submission to the interest holders of an increased chargeable costs’ estimate-afford a tenable legal ground for vacation of the prior utilization order? and [2] Did…