Legal Opinion
Mesa Petroleum Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 14, 1982No. 80-2375PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Chief Judge:
Sections 503(c)(1) and 503(a)(1)(B) of the Natural Gas Policy Act 1 empower certain federal and state agencies, including the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to determine whether natural gas produced from the Outer Continental Shelf qualifies under § 102(d) of the Act for the incentive price established in § 102(b). Mesa Petroleum Company sought a ruling from the USGS that gas produced from wells penetrating a reservoir off the Louisiana coast was eligible for the incentive price. The USGS ruled against Mesa, finding that the reservoir had been discovered before…
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