Kansas - Oil & Gas

摘要

No Compensation Due for Storage Gas in Condemned Storage Area Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) condemned 9,000 subsurface acres for its natural gas storage operation using the federal Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 717-717w. The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas appointed a commission to determine compensation due the owners of rights in the condemned subsurface area. The compensation issue was complicated by various interpretations placed on Kan. Stat. Ann. § 55-1210 by the Kansas Supreme Court. See Vol. XXVII, No. 4 (2010); Vol. XXVIII, No. 4 (2011); and Vol. XXX, No. 3 (2013) of this Newsletter.