Oil and Gas

Course Information

Registration Information

Meeting Times

Day Time Location
MON, WED 2:15 - 3:30 pm TNH 2.138

Evaluation Method

Type Date Time Location
Final exam May 12, 2016 8:30 am A-Z in 2.140

Description

The course includes a survey of the common property interests that are created in oil and gas and in the land from which they are produced. The course includes consideration of the nature of an owner’s interest in oil and gas; the creation and duration of mineral leases; the rights and duties between lessor and lessee; the nature and characteristics of a mineral fee; the rights and duties between mineral and surface owners; the different kinds of royalty and mineral interests; and, protection of interests in oil and gas properties against trespassers and wrongful claimants. The course also will discuss State regulation of drilling and production and issues raised by horizontal drilling and fracking.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Cases & Materials on Oil and Gas *
Lowe, Anderson, Smith, Pierce & Kulander
West Academic , edition: 6th
ISBN: 9780314285164
Forms Manual to Accompany Cases & Materials on Oil & Gas Law (optional)
Lowe, Anderson, Smith, Pierce & Kulander
West Academic , edition: 6th
ISBN: 9780314287748

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Important Class Changes

Date Updated
02/19/2016 Exam information updated