Mineral estate: definition
Creation of interests in the oil and gas mineral estate by the landowner
Conveyances, partition, and adverse possession of the mineral estate
Trespass: surface and sub-surface, and third party claims
The oil and gas lease - leases from owners of concurrent, successive, or restricted interests
The oil and gas lease - duration
The oil and gas lease - royalty and other clauses - and division orders
The oil and gas lease - implied and expressed covenants
Transfers by the lessor and by the lessee
Federal taxation of oil and gas interests and transactions - acquisition of properties, geological, geophysical, and development costs
Federal taxation of oil and gas interests and transactions - the oil and gas lease
Federal taxation of oil and gas interests and transactions - the pool of capital doctrine - sharing arrangements
Appendix: researching energy law.