Manufacturers National Bank v. Department of Natural Resources

Plaintiffs appeal from a circuit court affirmance of a well-spacing and drilling unit determination made by the Supervisor of Wells pursuant to the oil and gas conservation act, MCL 319.1 et seq.; MSA 13.139(1) et seq., and rules promulgated thereunder, 1963 ÁACS, R 299.1201 et seq. We also affirm.

Plaintiffs own royalty interests in a producing gas well, originally located on an 80-acre drilling unit. Shell Oil Company, the lessee and operator of the well, petitioned the supervisor for expansion of the size of the drilling unit to include four adjoining quarter-quarter sections of land, upon…