KANEB ENERGY &lt;KEP> SAYS JURY RULES FOR IT

  Kaneb Energy Partners Ltd, 82 pct owned
  by Kaneb Services Inc &lt;KAB>, said a juiry in Circuit Court of
  Tuscaloosa County, Ala., has ruled in its favor and that of Jim
  Walter Corp &lt;JWC> against Sonat Inc &lt;SNT> in a dispute over a
  natural gas sales contract.
      The company said the suit was filed seekiong to enforce
  Sonat's obligations under the contract to pay for methane gas
  produced by the Brookwood Coal Degasificiation Project in the
  Black Warrior Basin of Alabama, which is equally owned by Kaneb
  and Jim Walter.
      Kaneb said the jury awarded it and Jim Walter about 22 mln
  dlrs for required payments for deliveries through January 1987
  plus interest through March 16 -- the full amount sought -- and
  rejected Sonat's counterclaim of fraud.
      It said the decision may be appealed.
  

