61st Annual Institute Proceedings (2015)

This hardbound volume includes 33 scholarly and practical papers delivered at the 61st Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, covering:

• Oil and Gas – induced seismicity, frac hits, greenhouse gas regulation, nonparticipating royalty interest calculation and allocation, oil and gas regulation and the takings clause, federal agency rulemaking, juror persuasion in energy litigation, annual update
• Mining – indigenous rights and mineral development, permitting of new mining projects in the U.S., NI 43-101 standards for disclosure, federal agency rulemaking, annual update
• International Mineral Development – U.S. and Canadian crude oil exports, in-bound mining investment into the U.S., Mexican petroleum development
• Environmental Law – internal investigations of environmental crimes, public perception of risk in oil and gas development, ozone and the western U.S., annual update
• Public Lands – Alaska lands primer, surface access to severed federal minerals, public land withdrawals
• Water – instream approaches in the West, groundwater management during drought, water law primer
• Ethics – suing opposing counsel, internal investigations of environmental crimes
• Landmen – federal oil and gas lease extensions, terminations, cancellations, and suspensions; U.S. oil and gas implied covenants; title aspects of purchase and sale agreements

Published December 2015Hardbound volume – 1,040 pages ISBN 978-1-943497-01-0