Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish · ¶45
Moreover, the Government emphasized the importance of increasing Chevron's crude-oil production to support avgas refning as part of the war effort. The P. A. W. identified Delta Duck Club as a “ `Critical Fiel[d] Essential to the War Program' ” because it produced a “ `preferential' ” kind of crude oil for refning avgas. App. 112–113. Under Chev- ron's refning contract, the Government paid more for avgas when the price of obtaining crude oil increased. Meanwhile, the P. A. W. required the development of plans “to increase to a maximum the production of all grades of aviation gasoline . . . in the shortest possible time,” including by addressing the need for components such as crude oil. 6 Fed. Reg. 6433–6434. And, the P. A. W.'s regulations required the vertical-drilling methods challenged by the parish as part of its effort to “provide adequate supplies of petroleum for military and…Read in context ›
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