FIRST AMENDMENT TO GAS PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MARATHON OIL COMPANY AND ALASKA PIPELINE COMPANY DATED MAY 1, 1988
Exhibit
10.3.1
FIRST
AMENDMENT TO GAS PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
MARATHON OIL COMPANY AND
ALASKA
PIPELINE COMPANY
DATED
MAY 1,
1988
WHEREAS,
Marathon Oil Company (“Seller”) and Alaska Pipeline Company (“Buyer”) entered
into that certain Gas Purchase Agreement dated May 1, 1989 (“the
Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
Seller and Buyer desire to modify the Agreement for the benefit of both
parties;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and
agreements herein contained, the parties do covenant and agree as
follows:
Article
4 of
the Agreement shall be amended by adding the following provision to Section
4.4:
(d)
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Each
xxxx Xxxxxx makes an Annual or Final Additional Commitment of Gas
under
this Section 4.4, Buyer shall promptly seek from the APUC a ruling
(“the
first request”) that all costs of that Additional Commitment are fully
recoverable in the rates of ENSTAR Natural Gas Company. APL shall
not be
obligated to take any Gas committed under this Section 4.4 unless
the APUC
rules in advance that all costs of such Gas are fully recoverable
in the
rates of ENSTAR Natural Gas
Company.
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i.
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If
the
APUC approves the first request within one year of its filing, the
Additional Commitment covered by the first request shall be delivered
in
accordance with the Agreement.
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ii.
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If
the
APUC has not approved the first request within one year of its filing,
Seller may, at its option, (1) cancel the Additional Commitment or
(2)
await the APUC’s decision. If the Additional Commitment has not been
cancelled and the APUC approves the first request more than one year
after
its filing, the Additional Commitment shall be delivered in accordance
with the Agreement.
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iii.
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If
the
APUC disapproves the first request, Seller may, at its option, (1)
cancel
the Additional Commitment or (2) within 30 days of the final APUC
decision
propose a different price or price formula for the Additional Commitment.
If Seller elects to propose a different price or price formula for
the
Additional Commitment, Buyer shall promptly file Seller’s proposal with
the APUC and request a ruling (“the second request”) that the costs of the
Additional Commitment are fully recoverable in the rates of ENSTAR
Natural
Gas Company.
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iv.
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Seller
may, after consultation with Buyer, require Buyer to request, as
part of
any first or second request, that the APUC rule that all costs of
the
Additional Commitment covered by the request and all costs of all
later
Additional Commitments are fully recoverable in the rates of ENSTAR
Natural Gas Company.
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(2)
v.
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If
the
APUC approves the second request within one year of its filing, the
price
or price formula for the Additional Commitment shall be modified
in
accordance with the second request and the Additional Commitment
shall be
delivered in accordance with the
Agreement.
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vi.
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If
(1)
the Additional Commitment is cancelled under subparagraphs ii. or
iii. of
this Section 4.4(d), or if (2) the APUC does not approve (or if it
disapproves) the second request within one year of filing, or (3)
the APUC
fails to approve either the first or second request within two years
of
filing the first request with the
APUC:
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(a)
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Seller
shall, at the first occurrence of one of these three events, make
a
Terminal Commitment of Gas to Buyer. The Terminal Commitment shall
be the
total of the Additional Commitments previously submitted to but not
approved by the APUC. The Terminal Commitment shall be delivered
after all
Gas previously committed by Seller to Buyer has been delivered. The
price
of the Terminal Commitment shall be calculated in accordance with
the last
price formula approved by the APUC but for all other purposes the
Terminal
Commitment will be treated like the Annual Additional Commitment(s)
and/or
Final Additional Commitment which it supersedes;
and
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(3)
(b)
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Seller
shall have no further right or obligation to commit Gas under this
Section
4.4, and Buyer shall have no further right or obligation to take
Gas other
than Gas committed under Section 4.4(d)vi.(a), the Initial Commitment,
and
Additional Commitments previously submitted to and approved by the
APUC.
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IN
WITNESS
WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement in two (2)
originals.
ALASKA
PIPELINE COMPANY
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MARATHON OIL COMPANY | ||
By: /s/X. X. Xxxxxx | By: /s/Wm. Xxxxxx | ||
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Its
President
DATED: 12/20/89 |
Its
Vice President
DATED:
12/15/89
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(4)