63rd Annual Institute Proceedings (2017)
This hardbound volume includes 38 scholarly and practical papers delivered at the 63rd Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, covering:
Oil and Gas - Dakota Access Pipeline litigation and the federal government’s tribal consultation obligations; effect of dormant mineral and marketable title acts on ownership of oil & gas rights; covenants running with the land and the effects of bankruptcy; current subsurface trespass issues arising from state spacing and pooling regulations; BLM’s policy on the retroactive adjudication of operating rights; management, reuse, and beneficial use of produced water; acquiring aging oil & gas assets; annual update
Mining - Disclosure rules for mining companies—a comparison of U.S. and international technical reporting standards; tax considerations when forming mining joint ventures; mining lithium from groundwater—the U.S. legal framework; annual update
International Mineral Development - Ethics and anti-corruption risk and mitigation in the Americas; international arbitration; impact of growing global foreign investment controls on the mining sector
Environment - Air quality regulation of natural resources industries amid changing federal leadership; environmental citizen suits under the Trump Administration; environmental spills and crisis management; annual update
Public Lands - Presidential authority to abolish or modify national monuments; developments in BLM land management planning; rights under federal oil and gas leases—a shifting landscape
Water - Reviewing federal reservoir operations; drought contingency planning in the Colorado River Basin; tribal interests in the Lower Colorado River Basin
Ethics - Ethics and maintaining confidentiality when working with consultants; ethics and anti-corruption risk and mitigation in the Americas; negotiation ethics for landmen and lawyers
Landmen - Allocation wells in the Permian Basin; AAPL Form 610-2015 Model Form Operating Agreement; multi-jurisdictional survey of depth severance issues and related drafting considerations; negotiation ethics for landmen and lawyers
Published December 2017 - Hardbound volume – 1,034 pages ISBN 978-1-943497-14-0
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