KANEB ENERGY <KEP> SAYS JURY RULES FOR IT Kaneb Energy Partners Ltd, 82 pct owned by Kaneb Services Inc <KAB>, said a juiry in Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County, Ala., has ruled in its favor and that of Jim Walter Corp <JWC> against Sonat Inc <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.