Anadarko Petroleum Corp. v. State Oil & Gas Board of Mississippi

WALLER, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation petitioned the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board to determine the propriety of costs that Kelly Oil Company was attempting to charge to Anadarko as a noncon-senting owner in a force-integrated drilling unit. The Board determined that all costs Kelly Oil was attempting to charge were properly chargeable. The Hinds County Chancery Court affirmed the Board’s order, and Anadarko now appeals. Because the Board’s order contains insufficient reasoning and findings of fact for this Court to conduct an adequate review, we vacate…