§3374 Clauses Prohibiting Certain Sales, Transportation, and Commingling

Summary

Makes certain terms in a first-sale natural gas contract invalid and not allowed. A contract cannot stop the gas from being mixed with gas that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) controls under the Natural Gas Act. A contract cannot bar selling or moving the gas to or by people who are under the Commission’s authority, or otherwise block sale or transport across state lines. A contract cannot end or let a party end its duties just because the gas was mixed, sold, or moved in those ways. The words “natural gas covered by this chapter” mean: (1) gas not committed to interstate commerce as of November 8, 1978; (2) gas whose sale in interstate commerce is allowed under section 3362(a) or 3371(b), or by an assignment under section 3372(a); or (3) gas whose interstate transportation is under an order in section 3362(c) or 3363(b), (c), (d), or (h), or is authorized by the Commission under section 3371(a).