A Life Beyond the Lease: The Pooling Power Survives the Termination of the Oil and Gas Lease in Texas

Date

2010

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Publisher

Texas Tech Law Review

Abstract

Examines the implications of the Texas Supreme Court's decision in Sheppard on the oil and gas industry in Texas; more specifically, addresses how the decision impacts the power to pool leases.

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Keywords

The development of an oil and gas lease, Pooling power pre-Sheppard, Wagner & Brown v. Sheppard, Pooling vs. unitization, Rise of the pooling power, Post-Sheppard pooling power, Future implications and solutions relating to pooling power

Citation

Shauna Fitzsimmons, A Life Beyond the Lease: The Pooling Power Survives the Termination of the Oil and Gas Lease in Texas, 43 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 719 (2010-2011)