Oil and gas law cases and materials

Book · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5686005

Kuntz, E O; Lowe, J S; Smith, E E

Oil and Gas Law is divided into seven major chapters. Chapter 1, begins with a description of the origins of petroleum and lays the foundation for an analysis of the rule of capture. It also describes the different kinds of oil and gas interests - fee interest, mineral interest, leasehold interest, surface interest, and royalty interest. Chapter 2 provides an analysis of the various clauses found in the typical oil and gas lease. In Chapter 3, the authors present a classification of the various obligations implied in leases. Chapter 4, describes characteristics of the various kinds of oil and gas interests. Chapter 5 focuses on the special problems encountered in construing oil and gas conveyances. Chapter 6 discusses and analyzes the most frequently encountered types of transfers by the lessee: letter agreements, farmout agreements, lease assignments, and operating agreements. Finally, Chapter 7 addresses the problem of small tract owners in the absence of a compulsory pooling statute.

• OSTI ID: 5686005
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
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CLASSIFICATION
DOCUMENT TYPES
INDUSTRY
LAND LEASING
LAND OWNERSHIP
LAND USE
LAWS
LEASES
LEASING
LEGAL ASPECTS
MINERAL RIGHTS
NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY
OWNERSHIP
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
REVIEWS