Quest Pipelines (Kpc)
Second Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 02/01/2008, Docket: RP08-174-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 183 Original Sheet No. 183 : Effective
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS (continued)
19. FORCE MAJEURE
In the event, to the extent, and for so long as either KPC or Shipper is
unable, by reason of force majeure, to carry out its obligations
hereunder, in whole or in part, the obligations of either KPC or
Shipper, other than to make payment of reservation fees or capacity
charges which shall become due, shall be suspended, in whole or in part,
and neither KPC nor Shipper shall be liable in damages to the other as a
result of Force Majeure. "Force Majeure," as employed herein, shall mean
any cause, whether of the kind herein enumerated or otherwise, not
within the control of either KPC or Shipper claiming suspension, and
which by the exercise of due diligence, either KPC or Shipper has been
unable to prevent or overcome, including without limitation acts of God,
the government, including the issuance of rules or orders which serve to
frustrate or prevent the performance of KPC, or a public enemy; strikes,
lockouts, or other industrial disturbances; wars, blockades, or civil
disturbances of any kind: epidemics, landslides, hurricanes, washouts,
tornadoes, storms, earthquakes, lightning, fires, freezing of, breakage
or accident to, or the necessity for making repairs or alterations to
wells, machinery or lines of pipe; partial or entire failure of wells;
and the inability of either KPC or Shipper to acquire, or the delays on
the part of either KPC or Shipper in acquiring, at reasonable cost and
after the exercise of reasonable diligence: (a) any servitudes, rights
of way grants, permits, or licenses; (b) any materials or supplies for
the construction or maintenance of facilities; or (c) any permits or
permissions from any governmental agency; if such are required to enable
either KPC or Shipper to fulfill its obligations hereunder.
Additionally, KPC shall be excused in whole, or in part, from its
performance for inability to obtain Transportation from or through third
party pipelines. Either KPC or Shipper claiming force majeure shall
give to the other(s) notice and full particulars of such force majeure
by telephone or facsimile as soon as reasonably possible after the
occurrence of the case relied on, and shall remedy such inability to
perform with all reasonable dispatch; provided, however, that such
requirement or remedy shall not require the settlement of strikes or
lockouts by accession to the demands of those opposing either KPC or
Shipper when such course is inadvisable in the discretion of either KPC
or Shipper.
In the event of a Force Majeure occurrence, KPC will credit shippers
reservation charge with partial reservation charge credits equal to
KPC's return on equity and taxes equal to the daily equivalent of the
reservation charge multiplied by the number of days of the Force Majeure
event.