Top Lease Vultures: Title Failure, Bad Faith Pooling, and the Validity of Top Leases in the Texas Shale Plays

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dc.creatorRobertson, Benjamin
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-18T19:14:18Z
dc.date.available2021-11-18T19:14:18Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractAddresses questions of lease validity in the aftermath of title failure due to bad faith pooling. Part II begins by discussing the historical context of the Texas shale plays and the technologies acting as the impetus for the new opportunities and dilemmas. This section also provides background information on how oil companies maintain their leases against expiration of all or parts of nonproducing leases. Part III focuses on lease expiration, identifying several potential sources of litigation associated with pooling and title in the shale plays. Part IV discusses the validity of top leases after expiration of a bottom lease under problematic clauses such as those discussed in the previous section. After identifying problems in bottom and top leasing in the shale plays, Part V proposes solutions to these dilemmas.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBenjamin Robertson, Top Lease Vultures: Title Failure, Bad Faith Pooling, and the Validity of Top Leases in the Texas Shale Plays, 44 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 463 (2011-2012)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2346/88301
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTexas Tech Law Reviewen_US
dc.subjectNew black golden_US
dc.subjectVertical drillingen_US
dc.subjectHorizontal drillingen_US
dc.subjectFrackingen_US
dc.subjectLease maintenance in the black gold rushen_US
dc.subjectConditions required to sustain a leaseen_US
dc.subjectPooling clauseen_US
dc.subjectPugh clauseen_US
dc.subjectBottom leaseen_US
dc.subjectTitle failureen_US
dc.subjectBad faith poolingen_US
dc.subjectUnit-sizing issuesen_US
dc.subjectTop leasesen_US
dc.subjectRule Against Perpetuitiesen_US
dc.subjectTortious interference with contractual relationen_US
dc.subjectPreventing bottom lease terminationen_US
dc.subjectBalancing top lease and bottom lease interestsen_US
dc.subjectLeasing and drilling activities in the Texas shale playen_US
dc.titleTop Lease Vultures: Title Failure, Bad Faith Pooling, and the Validity of Top Leases in the Texas Shale Playsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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