scholarly journals A Comparative Analysis of Texas and New Mexico Oil and Gas Laws from a Title Examiner's Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carly Hewett
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
Regulatory Body ◽  
Gas Laws ◽  
Well Spacing ◽  
Oil Gas

The statutory framework surrounding oil and gas law and the related title issues in Texas and New Mexico, while similar in many instances, do have some notable differences. New Mexico case law is very limited, which could be due to a variety of reasons, including a smaller state population and the fact that New Mexico and the United States own much of New Mexico’s oil and gas productive acreage. Therefore, practitioners often look to other jurisdictions, including Texas, for guidance. Texas’s secondary authority is also better developed with its own adopted title standards.1 New Mexico does not have such guidance. This Article will focus on the distinctions between the oil and gas laws and the passage of title in Texas and New Mexico from a title examiner’s perspective. Both states do have a regulatory body—the Texas the Railroad Commission (“TXRRC”) and the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division (“NMOCD”)2—that oversees oil, gas, and other mineral activities by regulating activities such as well spacing, allowables, and pooling.

scholarly journals Regulation of Well Spacing in Oil and Gas Production

1969 ◽  
pp. 357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rowland Harrison
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Common Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Petroleum Production ◽  
Well Spacing ◽  
The Common

The common law did not enforce any particular pattern of spacing of wells on early drillers for oil and gas. The result was reduced production at greatly increased cost. The author traces the development of spacing legislation in the United States and Canada, particularly in Texas and Alberta, and summarizes the considerations which should determine the most profitable spacing policy for all parties concerned. After exploring the use of unitization in petroleum, production, it is concluded that compulsory unitization eliminates the need for spacing legislation as the objectives of such legislation will have already been achieved.

scholarly journals Area of Mutual Interest Agreements and Canadian Competition Law Considerations

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Alexander ◽  
Erik Arnold
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Competition Law ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Mutual Interest ◽  
The Subject

Area of Mutual Interest Agreements (AMIAs) are a common feature within the Canadian oil and gas industry. These agreements are usually entered into for the purposes of sharing technical information between two or more parties. This article explores the implications of the various types of AMIAs in relation to the Competition Act. While there is essentially no applicable Canadian case law on the subject, this article examines the potential civil and criminal penalties that the Competition Act may impose. In addition to detailing the statutory landscape in Canada, this article looks at how this issue has unfolded in the United States.

Thinking About Scots Law

1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Rodger
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
British Empire ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
Memorial Lecture ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The University

This article is the revised text of the first W A Wilson Memorial Lecture, given in the Playfair Library, Old College, in the University of Edinburgh, on 17 May 1995. It considers various visions of Scots law as a whole, arguing that it is now a system based as much upon case law and precedent as upon principle, and that its departure from the Civilian tradition in the nineteenth century was part of a general European trend. An additional factor shaping the attitudes of Scots lawyers from the later nineteenth century on was a tendency to see themselves as part of a larger Englishspeaking family of lawyers within the British Empire and the United States of America.

Shale, Quakes, and High Stakes: Regulating Fracking-Induced Seismicity in Oklahoma, USA and Lancashire, UK

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Miriam R. Aczel ◽  
Karen E. Makuch
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Shale Gas ◽  
Seismic Activity ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
High Volume ◽  
The United States ◽  
Horizontal Drilling ◽  
Induced Seismic Activity

High-volume hydraulic fracturing combined with horizontal drilling has “revolutionized” the United States’ oil and gas industry by allowing extraction of previously inaccessible oil and gas trapped in shale rock [1]. Although the United States has extracted shale gas in different states for several decades, the United Kingdom is in the early stages of developing its domestic shale gas resources, in the hopes of replicating the United States’ commercial success with the technologies [2, 3]. However, the extraction of shale gas using hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling poses potential risks to the environment and natural resources, human health, and communities and local livelihoods. Risks include contamination of water resources, air pollution, and induced seismic activity near shale gas operation sites. This paper examines the regulation of potential induced seismic activity in Oklahoma, USA, and Lancashire, UK, and concludes with recommendations for strengthening these protections.

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