Kinder Morgan Must Again Face $100 Million Gas Contract Claim

Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline LLC must again face $100 million in claims because it didn’t prove catastrophic weather conditions from the 2021 Winter Storm Uri were the reason it refused to buy back natural gas from a customer.

Kinder Morgan generally is off the hook from delivering or re-purchasing gas from natural gas exporter Freeport LNG Marketing LLC when bad weather gets in the way, per the parties’ contract. However, the company failed—for now—to show it refused to do so in compliance with government emergency orders during the storm, the Texas Court of Appeals, Fourteenth District, said Tuesday.

While Kinder ...