Bennion v. Graham Resources, Inc.

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

Sam H. Bennion petitions for a writ of review from an order of the Utah Board of Oil, Gas and Mining granting summary judgment for Graham Resources, Inc. The Board ruled that section 40-6-9 of the Code, Utah Code Ann. § 40-6-9 (Supp. 1990) (amended 1992), did not entitle Benn-ion to an order requiring Graham Resources to account for and pay Bennion’s share of the proceeds of oil and gas production because a pooling arrangement was not in place. We affirm.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. Bennion owns an undivided mineral interest in certain lands within a drilling unit…