Law of Federal Oil and Gas Leases
This two-volume looseleaf treatise provides expert legal analysis and a practical approach to issues concerning oil and gas leases on federal lands. Laws, regulations, and agency and court decisions affecting lands in the public domain, the outer continental shelf, and Indian lands are treated in depth, along with complete coverage of the workings of the Department of the Interior, BLM, and Forest Service. Written and periodically updated by experienced attorneys, and edited by the Foundation, the treatise covers:
- History and development of public land law
- Federal leasing legislation
- State and local regulation
- Exploration, drilling, producing, and operating regulations
- Outer continental shelf leases
- Leasing in Alaska
- Indian leasing
- Right-of-way leasing
- Surface management requirements and special stipulations
- Bonds
- Assignments and transfers of interests
- Lease extension, suspension, termination, and reinstatement
- Options and rights to acquire
- Organization of DOI, administrative procedures, appeals, and judicial review of agency actions
- Title examination procedures and issues
- Conflicts arising from multiple mineral development
Revised 1985
Updated annually
2 looseleaf volumes
ISBN 978-0-8205-1515-1