MOBIL EXPLORATION & PRODUCING U.S. v. KAN. CORP. COMM'N

No. 72,895

258 Kan. 796 (1995)

MOBIL EXPLORATION & PRODUCING U.S. INC., et al., Appellants, v. THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, SUSAN M. SELTSAM, CHAIR; and F.S. JACK ALEXANDER AND RACHEL C. LIPMAN, COMMISSIONERS, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS IN OFFICE AS CONSTITUENT MEMBERS OF THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Gille Bacon, of Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, P.C., of Kansas City, Missouri, argued the cause, and Thomas A. Sheehan, of the same firm, and Evan J. Olson, and Marc P. Clements, of Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth, L.C., of Wichita, and Daniel P. LeFort, of Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. Inc., of Dallas, Texas, were with her on the briefs for Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. Inc.

Steven D. Gough, of Kahrs, Nelson, Fanning, Hite & Kellogg, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Gary L. Paulson and Eric Nitcher, of Amoco Production Company, of Denver, Colorado, were with him on the briefs for Amoco Production Company.

Stanford J. Smith, Jr., of Curfman, Harris, Rose, Weltz, Metzger, & Smith, of Wichita, argued the cause, and John C. Lovett, associate general counsel, OXY USA Inc., of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was with him on the briefs for OXY USA Inc.

Charles J. Woodin, of Foulston & Siefkin, L.L.P., of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the briefs for Vastar Resources, Inc.

William J. Wix, assistant general counsel, argued the cause, and John McCannon, assistant general counsel, and Brian J. Moline, special counsel, were with him on the brief for appellee Kansas Corporation Commission.

Spencer L. Depew, of Depew and Gillen, L.L.C., of Wichita, argued the cause, and James J. Ward, Jr., of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, of Houston, Texas, was with him on the brief for appellee Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.

James G. Flaherty, of Anderson, Byrd, Richeson & Flaherty, of Ottawa, argued the cause, and G. Michael Prescott III, associate general counsel, and Thomas H. Hawkins, senior counsel, of Mesa Operating Company, of Irving, Texas, were with him on the brief for intervenor Mesa Operating Company.

John Cary, senior counsel, The Williams Companies, Inc., of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Teresa J. James, of Adams, Jones, Robinson and Malone, Chartered, of Wichita, were on the brief for appellee Williams Natural Gas Company.

Timothy E. McKee, of Triplett, Woolf & Garretson, of Wichita, was on the brief for appellee Colorado Interstate Gas Company.

Joseph F. Furay, of KN Energy, Inc., of Lakewood, Colorado, and Jeff Kennedy and Ann T. Rider, of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Swartz, L.L.P., of Wichita, were on the brief for appellee KN Energy, Inc.

Jane Alseth, of Northern Natural Gas Company, of Omaha, Nebraska, and Jeff Kennedy and Ann T. Rider, of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Swartz, L.L.P., of Wichita, were on the brief for appellee Northern Natural Gas Company.

Jack Glaves and Curtis M. Irby, of Wichita, were on the brief for appellee Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

DAVIS, J.:

This is a consolidated appeal from the district court's opinion affirming the Kansas Corporation Commission's (KCC) amendments to the Basic Proration Order (BPO) controlling the Hugoton Gas Field in Kansas. The parties, procedural development, and issues raised on appeal are set forth below. Our standard of review is governed by K.S.A. 77-621 of the Act for Judicial Review and Civil Enforcement of Agency...

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