TENNECO OIL CO. v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COM'N

Nos. 76-2960 et al.

571 F.2d 834 (1978)

TENNECO OIL COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan Abbot Tuttle and Howard E. Shapiro, Solicitors, Drexel D. Journey, Gen. Counsel, J. Paul Douglas, Atty., F.P.C., Washington, D. C., for Federal Energy Regulatory Com'n.

Gordon Gooch, Bruce Kiely, Washington, D. C., Vernon M. Turner, Michael Silva, Phyllis Rainey, Houston, Tex., for Tenneco Oil Co.

Shelia S. Hollis, Washington, D. C., for Public Service N. Y.

Thomas G. Johnson, Houston, Tex., for Shell Oil Co.

David M. Whitney, Houston, Tex., for Aminoil USA, Inc., Aminoil Development, Inc. and Signal Petroleum.

Justin R. Wolf, Washington, D. C., for California Co., a Div. of Chevron Oil Co.

William A. Sackmann, Findlay, Ohio, for Marathon Oil Co.

Pat F. Timmons, Houston, Tex., for Superior Oil Co.

Robert W. Henderson, Dallas, Tex., for Hunt Oil Co., et al.

Paul W. Hicks, Dallas, Tex., for Placid Oil Co.

Richard F. Generelly, Washington, D. C., for General American Oil Co. of Texas.

James D. Olsen, Dallas, Tex., for Sun Oil Co. (Delaware).

George B. Mickum, III, Washington, D. C., for Atlantic Richfield Co.

Thomas H. Burton, Houston, Tex., for Continental Oil Co.

Richard A. Solomon, Washington, D. C., for Public Service Comm. of State of N. Y.

Patricia D. Robinson, Oklahoma City, Okl., for Kerr-McGee Corp.

Bruce F. Kiely, Washington, D. C., for Pennzoil Co., et al.

Edmunds Travis, Jr. and Paul W. Wright, Houston, Tex., for Exxon Corp.

Judy M. Johnson, Houston, Tex., for Belco Petroleum Corp.

Charles F. Wheatley, Jr., Washington, D. C., for American Public Gas Ass'n.

John L. Williford, Bartlesville, Okl., for Phillips Petroleum Co.

Robert D. Haworth, Houston, Tex., for Mobil Oil Corp.

B. James McGraw, Houston, Tex., for Gulf Oil Corp.

Kenneth L. Riedman, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for Union Oil Co. of Cal.

Richard F. Remmers, Oklahoma City, Okl., for Sohio Petroleum Co.

William H. Emerson, Chicago, Ill., for Amoco Production Co.

C. Roger Hoffman, Houston, Tex., for Texaco, Inc.

Randolph C. Bruton, Tulsa, Okl., for Amerada Hess Corp.

Alan H. Maclin, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Minn., for State of Minn.

Sam Riggs, Jr., Tulsa, Okl., for Cities Service Oil Co.

Tilford A. Jones, Bethesda, Md., for United Distribution Companies.

Malcolm H. Furbush, San Francisco, Cal., for Pacific Gas & Elec. Co.

Jack L. Brandon, Houston, Tex., for Getty Oil Co.

Ronald E. Jarrett, Tulsa, Okl., for Skelly Oil Co.

William W. Hensley, Pampa, Tex., for Cabot Corp.

David H. Thornberry, Houston, Tex., for United Gas Pipe Line Co.

Before CLARK, RONEY and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

In 1976, the Commission established, for the first time, a national rate which would govern future prices for "flowing gas," i. e., natural gas from wells commenced prior to January 1, 1973. In this decision we affirm the Commission's rate, find its procedure proper, and hold the petitioners have failed to show the rate is unjust and unreasonable under the limited review permitted this Court. We reverse only that portion of the...

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