SHELL OFFSHORE INC. v. F.E.R.C.

Nos. 88-4220, 88-4228.

858 F.2d 1147 (1988)

SHELL OFFSHORE INC., et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Coney, Shell Oil Co., New Orleans, La., Thomas G. Johnson, Charles, J. McClees, Jr., Ellen V. Gross, Craig H. Walker, Shell Oil Co., Houston, Tex., for Shell Offshore and Shell Oil Co.

Michael J. Manning, James F. Moriarty, Fulbright & Jaworski, Washington, D.C., Lowell E. Williams, Houston, Tex., for Columbia Gas Development Corp.

James F. Moriarty, Fulbright & Jaworski, Michael J. Manning, Washington, D.C., for Samedan Oil Corp.

Thomas J. Eastment, Baker & Botts, Washington, D.C., Charles L. Spann, Sun Expl. & Prod. Co., Dallas, Tex., Janice J. Cleavinger, Pogo Producing Co., Houston, Tex., for Sun Exploration & Production Co. and Pogo Producing Co.

Jerome Feit, Sol., F.E.R.C., Samuel Sooper, Frank R. Lindh, Washington, D.C., for F.E.R.C.

Kevin M. Sweeney, Grove, Jaskiewicz, Gilliam & Cobert, George C. Garikes, Carroll L. Gilliam, Washington, D.C., Robert A. Luettgen, Mobil Oil Corp., Houston, Tex., for Mobil Exploration and Producing North America Inc. and Mobil Producing Texas & New Mexico Inc.

Before GARZA, JOHNSON and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners, who are oil producers, seek review of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("Commission") orders concerning ten petitions for adjustment filed by petitioners under § 502(c) of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, ("NGPA") 15 U.S.C. § 3412(c). The petitions for adjustment requested waivers of portions of payment of refunds owed by petitioners to various gas purchasers. The producers claim that the previous overpayments, made...

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