IN RE DEPT. OF ENERGY STRIPPER WELL EXEMPTION

Civ. A. Nos. 77-1146, 77-1087, 76-429-C6, 78-1070, 78-1176, 78-1230, 79-1387, 78-1410, 78-1513, 77-1456, 78-1235, 78-1509, 79-1204, 79-1258, 79-1318, 79-1319, 79-1320, 79-1321, 79-1322, 79-1325, 79-1384, 79-1385, 79-1386, 79-1388, 79-1389 and 79-1416. MDL No. 378.

520 F.Supp. 1232 (1981)

In re The DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY STRIPPER WELL EXEMPTION LITIGATION. ENERGY RESERVES GROUP, INC., Suburban Propane Gas Corporation, Marathon Oil Company and Sklar & Phillips Oil Company v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. SIERRA PETROLEUM CO., INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. BRADEN-ZENITH, INC. and The Estate of S. H. Killingsworth v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, Mobil Producing Texas & New Mexico, Ind. and Willie Ansley Bryson v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. STELBAR OIL CORPORATION, INC., The Standard Oil Company, Ohio and Theo M. Glenn, Jr. and Eleanor Glenn v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. Robert Dale BRANDENBURG and Texaco, Inc. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. AMIN OIL, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. Otis C. PEAVEY, et al. and Sun Oil Company (Delaware) v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. Howard STOUT, Lorena Houlton and Mary E. Hall, Co-Trustees of the Charles S. Page Trust and Gulf Oil Corporation v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. Robert E. DAVIS and Energy Consumers & Producers Association, Inc., Ruthven, Inc., Pioneer Operations Company, Inc. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. George R. JONES, et al. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. PETROLEUM MANAGEMENT, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. W. R. MURFIN, d/b/a Murfin Drilling Company, and Champlin Petroleum Company v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. COASTAL STATES GAS CORP., Coastal States Gas Producing Co., and Gas Producing Enterprises Inc. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. EXXON CORPORATION v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. CONTINENTAL OIL CO. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. HUNT OIL COMPANY v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. CRYSTAL OIL COMPANY and Ira Thomas May v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. MUSKEGON DEVELOPMENT CO. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. OKLAHOMA ASS'N. OF ENERGY CONSUMERS & PRODUCERS v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. Paul B. FLETCHER, Sr. and Anadarko Production Company v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. IU INTERNATIONAL OIL & GAS, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. WOOD OIL CO. and Dan Wallace d/b/a Columbus Oil Co. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. WILL I. LEWIS ENTERPRISES, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. Jimmie AUSTIN d/b/a Austin Drilling Company v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. SANTA FE ENERGY COMPANY v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. George G. ANDERMAN and Donald R. Kirby v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. Patricia Anne LEONARD, et al. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. FARMERS PETROLEUM COOPERATIVE, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. KIRKWOOD OIL & GAS COMPANY v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al. PETROLEUM CORPORATION OF TEXAS v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

July 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. McKenna, Nancy C. Crisman, Frank W. Krogh, Samuel Soopper, Marcia K. Sowles, John L. Gurney, U. S. Dept. of Energy, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

Joseph W. Kennedy, Dennis M. Feeney, John P. Bowman, Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Chartered, Wichita, Kan., for Energy Reserves Group, Inc.; Suburban Propane Gas Corp.; Sun Oil Company; The Gulf Companies; Anadarko Production Co.; Texaco Inc.; Champlin Petroleum Company; Marathon Oil Company; Standard Oil Company, Ohio; Killingsworth Estate; George B. Anderman and Donald R. Kirby; Stelbar Oil Corporation, Inc.; Sierra Petroleum Co.; Braden-Zenith, Inc.; Sklar & Phillips; Will I. Lewis Enterprises, Inc.

Daniel Joseph, Warren E. Connelly, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, D. C., for Anadarko Production Co.; Marathon Oil Company; Standard Oil Company, Ohio; Sun Oil Company.

Richard Jones, Evan J. Olson, Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth, Wichita, Kan., for Muskegon Development Co.; Mobil Oil Corporation; Mobil Producing Texas New Mexico Inc.

Stewart Stone, Jr., John E. Sparks, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., for Union Oil Company of California.

Keith A. Jones, Fulbright & Jaworski, Washington, D. C., for Coastal States Gas Corporation.

Irley A. Bonnette, Houston, Tex., for Anadarko Production Co.

Arthur M. Meyer, Jr., John R. Cope, Bracewell & Patterson, Washington, D. C., for Killingsworth Estate.

David J. Beck, Ronald D. Secrest, Fulbright & Jaworski, Edward de la Garza, Houston, Tex., for Exxon Corporation; Crystal Oil Co.

A. B. Conant, Jr., Karen S. Bedell, Shank, Irwin, Conant, Williamson & Grevelle, Dallas, Tex., for Hunt Oil Company; Patricia Anne Leonard.

John L. Carter, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Tex., Michael J. Henke, Richard G. Wilkins, Vinson & Elkins, Washington, D. C., for Conoco, Inc.; Aminoil USA, Inc.

Richard L. Bohanon, Andrews, Davis, Legg, Bixler, Milsten & Murrah, Oklahoma City, Okl., for Oklahoma Association of Energy Consumers and Producers.

Gerald Sawatzky, Foulston, Siefkin, Powers & Eberhardt, Wichita, Kan., for Atlantic Richfield Company.

Gus Svolos, Richard E. Weicher, Ronald A. Lane, Chicago, Ill., for Santa Fe Energy Company.

Clark R. Mandigo, Wichita, Kan., for Energy Reserves Group, Inc.

R. Kennedy Bridwell, Morristown, N. J., for Suburban Propane Gas Corp.

George G. Olsen, Stephen G. Greenberg, Williams & Jensen, P. C., Washington, D. C., for IU International Oil & Gas, Inc.

Fred A. Gipson, Gipson & Johnston, Seminole, Okl., for Wood Oil Co., et al.; Jimmie Austin.

Herbert H. Hopper, Wichita, Kan., for Petroleum Management, Inc.

James P. Murphy, Findlay, Ohio, for Marathon Oil Company.

D. Frank Frisina, Cleveland, Ohio, for The Standard Oil Company, Ohio.

John C. Cirone, Kerry R. Brittain, Fort Worth, Tex., for Champlin Petroleum Company.

J. Frederick Lawson, Tulsa, Okl., for Texaco Inc.

Jonathan C. Waller, Elaine Boze, G. David Neal, Dallas, Tex., for Sun Oil Company (Delaware).

Robert F. Ochs, Edward T. Cotham, Jr., Houston, Tex., for The Gulf Companies.

James D. Voorhees, Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Denver, Colo., for George G. Anderman and Donald R. Kirby.

James B. Harris, Thompson & Knight, John McReynolds, Worsham, Forsythe & Sampels, Dallas, Tex., for Petroleum Corporation of Texas.

John M. Shuey, Shuey, Smith & Fleming, Shreveport, La., for Sklar & Phillips.

Evan J. Olson, Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth, Wichita, Kan., for Farmers Petroleum Cooperative, Inc.

Philip E. Pankoff, Wood, Ris & Hames, Denver, Colo., for Kirkwood Oil & Gas Company.


OPINION OF THE COURT

THEIS, Chief Judge.

These multidistrict litigation (MDL) cases now come on for final decision of the Court. Trial of these cases, after extensive pretrial proceedings and litigation involving two appeals by the defendants to the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals (TECA), was finally held to this Court from January 19, to February 6, 1981. After considering the evidence presented at trial, and after studying the briefs of the parties...

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