Legal Opinion
Virginia Power Energy Marketing, Inc. v. Apache Corp.
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided August 6, 2009No. 14-07-00787-CVPublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KENT C. SULLIVAN, Justice.
This business dispute involves the application and effect of force majeure provisions in a natural-gas supply contract between the seller, Apache Corporation, and Virginia Power Energy Marketing, Inc. (“VPEM”), the purchaser. The parties agreed that Apache was to deliver natural gas to VPEM at two specific locations in September and October of 2005. However, during that time period, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast, damaging gas-production platforms and portions of the natural-gas pipelines. After Apache failed to deliver the agreed-upon…
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