Fall 2018
5355 Oil & Gas - WARREN- 12555
Professor(s):
Gina Warren (FACULTY)
Credits: 3
Course Areas: Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law
Time: 1:00p-2:30p TTH Location: 144 BLB
Course Outline: This course covers the basic property, contract and regulatory framework for oil and gas production in Texas. It explores common law property concepts (such as the rule of capture, trespass, cotenancy, life tenancy); the provisions of an oil and gas lease negotiated between a mineral interest owner and an oil company as lessee; mineral and royalty interest conveyancing; and Railroad Commission regulation of drilling, production, pooling, and unitization for the efficient and fair development of oil and gas.
Course Syllabus: Syllabus
Course Notes:
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Final Exam Schedule: Take home exam
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Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
Experiential Course Type: No
Bar Course: Yes
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Course Materials (5/23/2018 12:04:25 PM)
Book(s) Required
Course Materials: Required Reading Material: Casebook: Lowe, Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas Law (West, Seventh Edition) (ISBN: 9781683288329) (UPDATED 5/23/18!). Highly Recommended: Primer: Joseph Shade, Primer on the Texas Law of Oil and Gas (5th Edition) (ISBN: 9780769880907).
