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[0] Spring 2016 [Course] 5355 Oil & Gas Law [Credit] 3 [Course Area] Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law [Course Description] 
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 the primary legal documents used by landowners, royalty owners and energy companies -- the Oil & Gas Lease, the Joint Operating Agreement, and the Farmout Agreement. Time permitting, we will also spend a class or two toward the end of the semester talking about recent legal and technical developments.
University of Houston Law Center - Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Center
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