Savoy Oil & Gas, Inc. v. Preston Oil Co.

Preston Oil Company appeals as of right the August 25, 1992, opinion and order of the Michigan Public Service Commission (psc) wherein the psc found that Preston had violated the natural gas act, 1929 PA 9 (Act 9), MCL 483.101 et seq.; MSA 22.1311 et seq., by constructing a gas pipe line without first obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity. We reverse.

Preston is one of several working-interest owners of the Eplett 1-3 gas well in Shelby Township, Macomb County, Michigan, and holds a seventy-three percent interest in the well. Appellee Savoy Oil & Gas, Inc., holds most of…