Oil and Gas

Semester: Spring 2015
Course ID: 390
Credit Hours: 3
Unique: 28870

Course Information

Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed

Registration Information

Upperclass-only elective

Meeting Times

Day	Time	Location
MON, TUE, THU	10:30 - 11:20 am	TNH 2.139

Evaluation Method

Type	Date	Time	Location
Final exam	May 11, 2015	1:30 pm	A-M in 2.137 N-Z in 2.123

Description

This course includes a study of various kinds of property interests that are commonly created in oil and gas and in the land from which they are produced. Included are concepts as to the nature of a landowner'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; the protection of interests in oil and gas properties against trespassers and wrongful claimants. State regulation of drilling and production will also be covered. The course will also cover issues raised by horizontal drilling and fracking.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Forms Manual to Accompany Cases & Materials on Oil & Gas Law (optional)

Lowe, Anderson, Smith & Pierce

West , edition: Latest

Cases & Materials on Oil and Gas *

Lowe, Anderson, Smith, Pierce & Kulander

West , edition: 6th
ISBN: 978-0-314-28516-4

Instructors

Smith, Ernest E. III