Ernest E Smith Selected Works

This book is a testament to the widespread affection and respect for Professor Smith among students and the oil and gas bar. Five leading energy law organizations have come together to sponsor this publication. In addition, twelve editors from the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas and Energy Law worked over the past year to compile, cite- check, and reformat the articles.ContentsForewords by Marie Yeates, Duke Ligon, Owen Anderson1. Methods for Facilitating the Development of Oil and Gas Lands Burdened with Outstanding Mineral Interests2. The Texas Compulsory Pooling Act3. The Texas Compulsory Pooling Act [Part 2]4. Urbanization and the Surface Development of Mineral Land: The Conflict Between the Dominant and Servient Estates5. The Kansas Unitization Statute: Part 16. The Kansas Unitization Statute: Part 27. The Standard of Conduct Owed by Executive Right Holders and Operators to the Owners of Nonparticipating and Nonoperating Interests8. Conveyancing Problems9. The Subject To Clause10. Implications of a Fiduciary Standard of Conduct for the Holder of the Executive Right11. Duties and Obligations Owed by an Operator to Nonoperators, Investors, and Other Interest Owners.......29. Winds of Change: The Creation of Wind Law Curriculum Vitae & Bibliography