Williams Natural Gas Company

Second Revised Volume No. 1

Effective Date: 10/01/1993, Docket: RS92- 12-003, Status: Effective

Original Sheet No. 277 Original Sheet No. 277 : Superseded

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

21. FORCE MAJEURE (Cont'd)

The settlement of strikes or lockouts shall be entirely within the

discretion of the party having the difficulty and the above

requirement that any Force Majeure shall be remedied with all

reasonable dispatch shall not require the settlement of strikes or

lockouts by acceding to the demands of opposing party when such course

is inadvisable in the discretion of the party having the difficulty.

Shipper acknowledges that the transportation of gas over long

distances is subject to accident, interruptions, and diminution of

pressure, and that WNG's ability to redeliver gas is dependent upon

third parties' deliveries of gas into WNG's system and third parties

ability to receive gas from WNG's system. WNG shall only be bound to

exercise reasonable care and diligence in the transportation of gas

through its lines to the point of delivery.

22. DULY CONSTITUTED AUTHORITIES

These General Terms and Conditions, the rate schedules to which they

apply, and any service agreement between WNG and Shipper, executed

pursuant to these General Terms and Conditions, are subject to valid

laws, orders, rules and regulations of duly constituted authorities

having jurisdiction and are subject to modification or change through

any procedure or in any manner consistent with the provisions of the

Natural Gas Act and any valid rules, orders or regulations issued

thereunder or with any other valid applicable law, rule, order or

regulation. Each party agrees to make such filings with and reports

to the FERC and other governmental authorities as are required of it.