Fall 2019
5355 Oil & Gas Law - BLACKWELL- 14736
Professor(s):
Ronnie Blackwell (ADJUNCT)
Credits: 3
Course Areas: Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law
Time: 9:00a-12:00p F Location: 209 BLB
Course Outline: The oil & gas industry is prevalent throughout Texas, and has the ability to affect many different types of legal practice in Texas (besides being a frequent and common topic for each year's bar exams). Therefore, students will learn a bit about the industry's history and its jargon, as well as the regulatory protocols used by States; however, most of the semester will focus on understanding the legal rights and obligations of mineral owners, surface owners, oil and gas operators, and royalty owners, including the common contracts used in the industry, such as the Oil & Gas Lease, the Joint Operating Agreement, Easements, and Assignments.”
Course Syllabus: Syllabus
Course Notes:
Prerequisites:
First Day Assignments: ASSIGNMENT FOR FIRST CLASS
Skim pages 1-55 (for your technical background and information)
Read pages 56-79 (no need to read concurring opinions) and 92-116 (be prepared to fully discuss the cases)
Primer 1-23; 110-111
Final Exam Schedule: 12/06 9am-noon 144 TU2
This course will have:
Exam: yes
Paper: no
Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
Experiential Course Type: No
Bar Course: Yes
DistanceEd ABA 306:
Pass-Fail Student Election:
Course Materials (6/4/2019 1:25:38 PM)
Special Case
Required:
Cases & Materials in Oil & Gas, 7th Edition, Lowe, Anderson, Smith, Pierce, Kuhlander& Ehrman ("Casebook")
Primer on the Texas Law of Oil and Gas, 5th Edition, Blackwell & Shade ("Primer")
