Case No. RJ272-00047

October 9, 1997

DECISION AND ORDER

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Supplemental Order

Names of Applicants: Gibson Drilling Company

Mary F. Gibson

Kenneth L. Gibson

Date of Filing: September 12, 1997

Case Numbers: RJ272-47

RK272-4644

RK272-4645

On February 13, 1996, the Office of Hearings and Appeals of the Department of Energy issued a Decision and Order granting supplemental Subpart V crude oil refunds to 968 applicants. Crude Oil Supplemental Refund Distribution, Case No. RB272-61 (February 13, 1995). In that Decision and Order, Gibson Drilling Company (Case No. RF272-7191) was granted a supplemental refund of $5,171 based on its purchases of 6,463,734 gallons of refined petroleum products made between August 19, 1973 and January 27, 1981 (the crude oil price control period).

On April 26, 1996, this Office was informed that the refund check was not deliverable to the address specified in the February 13, 1996 Decision and had been returned by the U.S. Postal Service. The check was canceled and the funds returned to DOE. Upon investigation, we determined that Gibson Drilling has been dissolved. The two former owners of the firm ask that they be issued separate refund checks in proportion to their shares of ownership of the firm.

Accordingly, we shall rescind the refund previously approved for Gibson Drilling Company, and we shall refunds to the firm's two owners.(1) Mary F. Gibson, who owned 75 percent of the firm, will receive a refund of $3,878 based upon a purchase volume of 4,847,800 gallons, and Kenneth T. Gibson, who owned 25 percent, shall receive a refund of $1,293 based upon a purchase volume of 1,615,934 gallons.

It Is Therefore Ordered That:

(1) The Supplemental Order issued by the DOE on February 13, 1996, Crude Oil Supplemental Refund Distribution, Case No. RB272-61, is hereby rescinded with respect to Gibson Drilling Company, Case No. RF272-7191.

(2) The Director of Special Accounts and Payroll, Office of Departmental Accounting and Financial Systems Development, Office of the Controller of the Department of Energy shall take appropriate action to disburse in Case No. RK272-4644 a supplemental refund of $3,878 to:

Mary F. Gibson

P.O. Box 1501

Kilgore, TX 75663

and in Case No. RK272-4645, a supplemental refund of $1,293 to:

Kenneth T. Gibson

601 Town Oaks Circle

Kilgore, TX 75663

(3) The funds shall be disbursed from the escrow fund denominated Crude Tracking-Claimants 4, Account No. 999DOE010Z, maintained at the Department of the Treasury.

(4) To facilitate the payment of future refunds, an Applicant shall notify the Office of Hearings and Appeals in the event that there is a change of address, or if an address correction is necessary. Such notification shall be sent to:

Director of Management Information

Office of Hearings and Appeals

Department of Energy

Washington, D.C. 20585-0107

(5) Any conditions that applied to an Applicant's receipt of the initial crude oil refund shall also apply to that Applicant's receipt of this supplemental refund.

(6) This is a final Order of the Department of Energy.

George B. Breznay

Director

Office of Hearings and Appeals

Date: October 9, 1997

(1)The new case number, RK272-, replaces the case number (designated RF272-) which was formerly assigned to each Application. For future purposes, the Application will be known by the new case number.