SHELL OIL CO. v. FEDERAL ENERGY REG. COM'N

No. 76-3066, Et Al.

566 F.2d 536 (1978)

SHELL OIL COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Johnson, Houston, Tex., for Shell Oil Co.

Tom Burton, Houston, Tex., for Continental Oil Co.

Gordon Gooch, Washington, D. C., for Tenneco Oil Co.

Stephen M. Hackerman, Houston, Tex., for Pennzoil Co.

Richard F. Generelly, Washington, D. C., for General American Oil Co. of Texas, Ashland Oil, Inc.

Paul W. Hicks, Dallas, Tex., for Pacid Oil Co.

David M. Whitney, Houston, Tex., for Aminoil USA, Inc., Aminoil Development, Inc. & Signal Petroleum.

William A. Sackmann, Findlay, Ohio, for Marathon Oil Co.

James D. Olsen, Dallas, Tex., for Sun Oil Co. (Delaware).

Neal Powers, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Ecee, Inc., et al.

Arthur S. Berner, Houston, Tex., for Ada Resources, Inc., Inexco Oil Co.

Judy M. Johnson, Houston, Tex., for Transocean Oil, Inc., Perry R. Bass, Belco Petroleum Corp.

Edmunds Travis, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Exxon Corp.

Ronald E. Jarrett, Tulsa, Okl., for Skelly Oil Co.

Patricia D. Robinson, Oklahoma City, Okl., for Kerr-McGee Corp.

Sam H. Riggs, Jr., Tulsa, Okl., for Cities Service Oil Co.

Roscoe C. Elmore, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Mobil Oil Corp.

Larry Pain, Bartlesville, Okl., for Phillips Petroleum Co.

B. James McGraw, Houston, Tex., for Gulf Oil Corp.

D. D. Dent, Amarillo, Tex., for Mesa Petroleum Co.

C. Roger Hoffman, Houston, Tex., for Texaco Inc.

Pat F. Timmons, Houston, Tex., for The Superior Oil Co.

Charles E. Hill, Washington, D. C., for Consumer Federation of America.

Edward J. Kremer, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for Atlantic Richfield Co.

Kenneth L. Riedman, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for Union Oil Co. of California.

Allan Abbot Tuttle, Sol., Drexel D. Journey, Gen. Counsel, Robert W. Perdue, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

David G. Stevenson, Tulsa, Okl., for Amerada Hess Corp.

Justin R. Wolf, Washington, D. C., for California Co., Div. of Chevron Oil Co.

Philip C. Wrangle, Houston, Tex., for The Offshore Co.

Jack L. Brandon, Houston, Tex., for Getty Oil Co.

Malcolm H. Furbush, San Francisco, Cal., for Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Richard F. Remmers, Oklahoma City, Okl., for Sohio Petroleum Co.

David B. Robinson, Washington, D. C., for State of Louisiana.

William W. Hensley, Pampa, Tex., for Cabot Corp.

Before CLARK, RONEY and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges:


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

Shell Oil Company and other natural gas producers bring this petition to review the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Order No. 539-B, ___ F.P.C. ___, 41 Fed.Reg. 32,883 (1976), which established a regulation requiring a producer to act as a "prudent operator" in developing and maintaining deliverability from natural gas reserves.1 The primary issue before us is whether this Order exceeds the Commission...

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