MARTIN EXPLORATION MANAGEMENT CO. v. F.E.R.C.

Nos. 84-2756, 84-2759, 84-2760, 85-1172, 85-1250, 85-1254, 85-1257, 85-1443, 85-1452, 85-1255, and 85-1256.

813 F.2d 1059 (1987)

MARTIN EXPLORATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY; Colorado Energy Corporation; Phillips Petroleum Company; Phillips Oil Company; Exxon Corporation; Shell Offshore, Inc.; Shell Western E & P, Inc.; Independent Oil & Gas Association of West Virginia, and Amoco Production Company, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, and Arco Oil & Gas Company, et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing May 1, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Hubbard, Kirkland & Ellis, Denver, Colo., Stephen A. Herman, Allen N. Dixon, III, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C., and James A. Henshall, Jr., General Counsel, Martin Exploration Management Co. and Colorado Energy Corp., for petitioners Martin Exploration Management Co. and Colorado Energy Corp.

Larry Pain (Thomas L. Barton, Thomas M. Blume, Phillips Petroleum Legal Dept., Denver, Colo., John L. Williford, C.J. Roberts, Jennifer A. Cates; Phillips Petroleum Legal Dept., Bartlesville, Okl., on the briefs), Phillips Petroleum Legal Dept., Bartlesville, Okl., for petitioners Phillips Petroleum Co. and Phillips Oil Co.

Edmunds Travis, Jr., Douglas W. Rasch, Exxon Corp., Houston, Tex., for petitioner Exxon Corp.

Thomas G. Johnson (Eugene V. Callaway, Shell Corp., Houston, Tex., on the briefs), Shell Corp., Houston, Tex., for petitioners Shell Offshore, Inc. and Shell Western E & P, Inc.

R. Gordon Gooch, Dennis J. Moss, J. Patrick Berry, Baker & Botts, Washington, D.C., for petitioner and intervenor Independent Oil & Gas Ass'n of West Virginia.

Jon L. Brunenkant, Grove, Jaskiewicz, Gilliam & Cobert, Washington, D.C., William T. Benham, Amoco Production Co., Chicago, Ill., for petitioner and intervenor Amoco Production Co.

John H. Conway (Leslie J. Lawner, William H. Satterfield and Jerome M. Feit, F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., on the briefs), F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., for respondent F.E.R.C.

Michael G. Maloney, Harris S. Wood, Arco Oil and Gas Co., Dallas, Tex., for intervenor Arco Oil and Gas Co.

M. Howard Petricoff, W. Jonathan Airey, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, Columbus, Ohio, for intervenor Ohio Oil and Gas Ass'n.

James B. Atkin, Norma J. Rosner, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Washington, D.C., David R. Stevenson, Anthony V. Sorrentino, Gulf Oil Corp., Houston, Tex., for intervenor Gulf Oil Corp., successor to Chevron, U.S.A., Inc.

Lois Ellen Gold, Albert Sylvia, III, Union Oil Co. of California, Los Angeles, Cal., for intervenor Union Oil Co. of California.

Constance D. Coleman, Champlin Petroleum Co., Fort Worth, Tex., for intervenor Champlin Petroleum Co.

William Neal Powers, Jr., Everard A. Marseglia, Jr., John McDonald, Charles Suffling, Butler & Binion, Houston, Tex., and John B. Chapman, Mark C. Shaprow, Pennzoil Co., Houston, Tex., for intervenors Pennzoil Co., Pennzoil Oil & Gas, Inc. and Pennzoil Producing Co.

Ronald D. Hurst, Paul W. Hicks, Placid Oil Co., Dallas, Tex., for intervenor Placid Oil Co.

Terrence J. Collins, Robert Ballentine, Margaret L. Bollinger, Melissa E. Fields, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., Houston, Tex., for intervenor Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., a div. of Tenneco, Inc.

Patrick G. Golden, Steven F. Greenwald, Shirley A. Woo, Law Dept., Pacific Gas and Elec. Co., San Francisco, Cal., for intervenor Pacific Gas and Elec. Co.

C. Burnett Dunn, David E. Crawford; Huffman, Arrington, Kihle, Gaberino & Dunn, Tulsa, Okl., and William I. Harkaway, Douglas M. Canter, McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, P.C., Washington, D.C., for intervenor Oklahoma Natural Gas Co., a div. of ONEOK, Inc.

Frederick Moring, Herbert J. Martin, Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C., for intervenor Associated Gas Distributors.

Richard A. Solomon, David D'Alessandro, Wilner & Scheiner, Washington, D.C., and David E. Blabey, General Counsel, Public Service Com'n of the State of New York, Albany, N.Y., for intervenor Public Service Com'n of State of N.Y.

Douglas K. Porter, Los Angeles, Cal., for intervenor Pacific Lighting Gas Supply Co. and Southern California Gas Co.

Stephen E. Williams, Georgia B. Carter, Consolidated Gas Transmission Corp., Clarksburg, W.V., and Mark G. Magnuson, Consol. Natural Gas Service Co., Inc., Washington, D.C., for intervenor Consol. Natural Gas Service Co., Inc.

Raymond N. Shibley, Brian D. O'Neill, Patrick J. Whittle, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, Washington, D.C., for intervenor Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.

Philip D. Elias, Michael L. Pate, Carmen Farrell, Cities Service Oil & Gas Corp., Tulsa, Okl., for intervenor Cities Service Oil & Gas Corp.

Charles H. Shoneman, Bracewell & Patterson, Washington, D.C., for intervenor Grace Petroleum Corp.

Stan L. McLelland, M. Frazier King, Jr., Carman M. Garufy, Valero Transmission Co., San Antonio, Tex., for intervenor Valero Transmission Co.

Walter L. Brignon, Kenneth R. Satterly, BHP Petroleum, Co., Inc., successor to Monsanto Oil Co., Houston, Tex., for intervenor BHP Petroleum, Co., Inc.

Sherrie N. Rutherford, Bolivar Andrews, Richard Kruse, Maelissa R.M. Watson, John Stephen Martin, Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., Houston, Tex., and J. Evans Attwell, Judy M. Johnson, David T. Andril, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Tex., for intervenor Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.

Cheryl M. Foley, Transwestern Pipeline Co., Houston, Tex., for intervenor Transwestern Pipeline Co.

James P. Sale, United Gas Pipe Line Co. and United Texas Transmission Co., Houston, Tex., and Donald R. Arnett, P.C., Porter K. Ryan, Brian L. Gennity, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Johnson & Williams, Houston, Tex., for intervenors United Gas Pipe Line Co. and United Texas Transmission Co.

Michael R. Waller, Reynolds, Allen & Cook, Washington, D.C., and Douglas Field, Texas Gas Transmission Corp., Owensboro, Ky., for intervenor Texas Gas Transmission Corp.

Ralph E. Simon, Jr., Linda Cole McGowan, Transok, Inc., Tulsa, Okl., for intervenor Transok, Inc.

Before BARRETT and TACHA, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, District Judge.


As Modified on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc May 1, 1987.

TACHA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents challenges by natural gas producers to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) orders interpreting the statutory mandate in § 121 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA), 15 U.S.C. § 3331, to deregulate certain natural gas prices. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we affirm the FERC orders in part and reverse in part...

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