UNION TEXAS PETROLEUM CORP. v. F.E.R.C.

No. 82-4473.

721 F.2d 146 (1983)

UNION TEXAS PETROLEUM CORPORATION, an Allied Company, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & Botts, Charles M. Darling, IV, Thomas J. Eastment, Washington, D.C., for petitioner Allied Chemical Corp.

Thomas E. Hirsch, III, Atty., Washington, D.C., for respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, THORNBERRY and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This case presents the issue of whether Union Texas Petroleum Corporation's ("UTP's") 1979 contract amendment with Texas Gas Transmission Corporation ("Texas Gas") qualifies as a "rollover" contract under the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 ("NGPA"), § 2 et seq., 15 U.S.C.A. § 3301 et seq. (1982). Because we agree with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") that it does not, we affirm FERC's orders in this case.

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