Haymaker v. Oklahoma Corp. Commission

OPINION

BRIGHTMIRE, Presiding Judge.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether substantial evidence supports the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s order denying applicants’ request for permission to drill a second well on an established and productive 80-acre spacing unit.

We hold it does not and vacate the order.

I

Applicants are the owners of minerals underlying an 80-acre tract of land in Kingfisher County. It lies in an area known as the Dover-Hennessey field and was developed in the early 1960’s in accordance with a Commission order establishing 80-acre drilling and spacing units. The…