Southern California Gas Company Collection

Collection

Identifier: SPC -2009-007

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Southern California Gas Company (SCGC) Collection (January 25, 1961-June 20, 1966) contains 32.25 linear feet of legal documents from cases involving oil pipelines in Southern California. Specifically, cases involving Pemex (Mexico's petroleum company), and the Gulf Pacific Pipeline Company. Southern California Gas Company was involved in the Pemex case, in which it unsuccessfully applied to the California Utilities Companies to purchase natural gas from Texas via a pipeline through Mexico from 1960-1962. During 1963-1966 the company was part of the Gulf Pacific Case, in which Gulf Pacific unsuccessfully applied to the Federal Power Commission to supply Southern California Gas Company with natural gas via a pipeline from Texas.

Material related to Pemex Case includes California Public Utilities Commission transcripts (67 volumes); docket items (pleadings, briefs, decisions- 3 volumes); Exhibits (205); and lists of exhibits and witnesses. Gulf Pacific Case material includes applications of Transwestern Pipeline, Gulf Pacific Pipeline, and El Paso Natural Gas, and related docket items; Consolidated Dockets: (pleadings, briefs, decisions, opinions); Federal Power Commission Transcripts (186 volumes); exhibits (898); and detailed transcript references by witnesses and counsel.

Dates

January 25, 1961-June 20, 1966

Creator

Southern California Gas Company (Organization)

Availability

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Extent

32.25 Linear Feet

32 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection includes California Public Utilities Commission transcripts, dockets, exhibits, and other legal material related to cases involving the oil pipelines in Southern California.