CHAPTER 8 POOLING AND UNITIZATION METHODS ACROSS SHALE BASINS (OR LACK THEREOF)
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(May 2014)
POOLING AND UNITIZATION METHODS ACROSS SHALE BASINS (OR LACK THEREOF)
Program Co-Chair Keystone, Colorado Of Counsel, McGinnis Loch ridge & Kilgore LLP
Houston, Texas
W. Jonathan Airey
Partner
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP
Columbus, Ohio
Benjamin M. Sullivan
Associate General Counsel Energy Corporation of America
Charleston, West Virginia
Jamie L. Jost
Managing Shareholder Jost & Shelton Energy Group, PC
Denver, Colorado
Joseph M. Evers
Associate Attorney
Jost & Shelton Energy Group, P.C.
Denver, Colorado
John Hicks
Partner
Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P.
Austin, Texas
Amy L. De Kok
Shareholder
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Bismarck, North Dakota
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BRUCE M. KRAMER received his B.A. in International Relations from UCLA in 1968, his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law in 1972, and an LL.M. in Environmental and Natural Resources Law from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1975. From 1974 through his retirement at the end of 2006 he taught at the Texas Tech University School of Law. He is now the Maddox Professor of Law Emeritus. From 2007 through the present he is of counsel to the Texas-based law firm of McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore. He is also the Thompson Visiting Professor at the University of Colorado School of Law for the 2013-2014 academic year. He is the co-author of several treatises including The Law of Pooling and Unitization, Williams & Meyers Oil and Gas Lata (since 1996), Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas Law, and International Petroleum Transactions. He is also the author of numerous law review articles in the field of oil and gas law. His works have been cited by state and federal courts over the past 25 years. He is an honorary trustee of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, a member of the Executive Committee of the Institute for Energy Law of the Center for American and International Law, and a trustee to the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation.
W. JONATHAN AIREY is a partner in the Columbus office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, and a member of the energy group. His oil and gas practice is broad in scope, as reflected in his appointment as General Counsel to the Ohio Oil and Gas Association. He has represented numerous oil and gas development and midstream clients in state and federal regulatory proceedings and in connection with all aspects of oil and gas related disputes including royalty class action...
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW OF MAJOR U.S. SHALE PLAYS: MARCELLUS|UTICA, NIOBRARA, EAGLE FORD|BARNETT, AND BAKKEN
- CHAPTER 2 LAWS GOVERNING TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS IN SHALE PLAYS: HORIZONTAL DRILLING, HYDRAULIC FRACTURING, AND WATER USE INNOVATIONS--DRIVING THE BOOM AND GENERATING LITIGATION
- LEASE MAINTENANCE AND TITLE ISSUES ACROSS THE SHALE BASINS: OHIO SHALE UPDATE
- LEASE MAINTENANCE AND TITLE ISSUES ACROSS THE SHALE BASINS: MARCELLUS/UTICA
- LEASE MAINTENANCE AND TITLE ISSUES ACROSS THE SHALE BASINS: EAGLE FORD/BARNETT
- LEASE MAINTENANCE AND TITLE ISSUES ACROSS THE SHALE BASINS: THE BAKKEN FORMATION
- LEASE MAINTENANCE AND TITLE ISSUES ACROSS THE SHALE BASINS: NIOBRARA SHALE CHRONICLES OF COLORADO
- CHAPTER 4 DORMANT MINERAL ACTS: POSSIBLE GAME CHANGERS?
- CHAPTER 5 CHANGES WITHIN THE AAPL 610 - 1989 MODEL FORM OPERATING AGREEMENT: HORIZONTAL MODIFICATIONS AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
- WATER SCHEMES ACROSS THE SHALE PLAYS: MARCELLUS/UTICA
- WATER SCHEMES ACROSS THE SHALE PLAYS: ACQUISITION, RECYCLING, AND DISPOSAL OF WATER FOR FRACTURING IN TEXAS
- WATER SCHEMES ACROSS THE SHALE PLAYS: THE BAKKEN EXPERIENCE
- WATER SCHEMES ACROSS THE SHALE PLAYS: COLORADO WATER SUPPLY AND DISPOSAL OPTIONS FOR NIOBRARA FORMATION OPERATIONS
- CHAPTER 7 COMING TO A SHALE BASIN NEAR YOU: EMERGING REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS FOR CONTROLLING METHANE EMISSIONS AND FLARING FROM OIL AND NATURAL GAS SOURCES
- CHAPTER 8 POOLING AND UNITIZATION METHODS ACROSS SHALE BASINS (OR LACK THEREOF)
- POOLING AND UNITIZATION METHODS ACROSS SHALE BASINS (OR LACK THEREOF): POOLING AND UNITIZATION IN THE MARCELLUS AND UTICA PLAYS IN OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, AND WEST VIRGINIA
- POOLING AND UNITIZATION METHODS ACROSS SHALE BASINS (OR LACK THEREOF): NIOBRARA
- POOLING AND UNITIZATION METHODS ACROSS SHALE BASINS (OR LACK THEREOF): TEXAS (EAGLE FORD AND BARNETT)
- POOLING AND UNITIZATION METHODS ACROSS SHALE BASINS (OR LACK THEREOF): OVERVIEW OF POOLING AND UNITIZATION IN NORTH DAKOTA1
- CHAPTER 9 GATHERING AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION ISSUES FACING SHALE OPERATORS1
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