Legal Opinion
Marathon Oil Co. v. United States
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided February 20, 1985No. Civ. A 83-208PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES M. FITZGERALD, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Marathon Oil Company owns an undivided fifty percent working interest in certain oil and gas leases in the Kenai Field Unit in Alaska. Marathon and its working interest associate, Union Oil Company of California, discovered natural gas in the Kenai field in 1959, and production commenced in 1961.
During 1982, a representative year, the production of the Kenai field was delivered to a number of different purchasers. Approximately 16% was delivered to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at Nikisi, Alaska owned by Marathon and Phillips Petroleum Company.…
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