University of Texas Law logo Update your account
  • Sign in or Join Account and Briefcase
    Not a member yet? Sign up Forgot password?
  • Accredited CLE
    Live Conferences Studio Webcasts eConferences eCourses Hooked on CLE Answer Bar
  • Research & Self-Study
    Materials eLibrary
  • Subscriptions
    MCLE On-Demand and eLibrary
  • Browse by Practice Area
    Administrative Admiralty and Maritime Alternative Dispute Resolution Appellate - Civil and Criminal Bankruptcy Business Entities Civil Rights Construction Corporate Counsel Criminal Cybersecurity Elder Law and Guardianship Employment Entertainment and Sports Law Environmental Essentials Ethics Exempt Organizations / Nonprofits Family Government Enforcement / White Collar Crime Healthcare Immigration Insurance Intellectual Property / Patent Law International Law Practice Management Litigation M&A and Securities Oil, Gas and Energy Practice Skills Real Estate Renewable Energy School Self-Care Taxation Technology Technology for Lawyers Trusts and Estates / Probate Water
  • Search
  • Shopping Cart

What are you searching for?

Skip to main content
UT Law CLE logo
  • Overview /
  • Schedule /
  • Faculty /
  • Credit Info /
  • Key Dates /
  • Venue /
  • Sponsors
Register or Buy ticket icon Buy
Conference art

2014

Fundamentals of Oil, Gas and Mineral Law

Houston Mar 27, 2014 Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston
Conference Concluded
Video Replay: Dallas May 8, 2014 Cityplace Conference Center
Conference Concluded
Buy
Related products: Materials

LIVE WEBCAST: Fundamentals of Oil, Gas and Mineral Law


PRESENTED BY
The University of Texas School of Law
The Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (OGERL)


SPONSORS
Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson, PC
Freeman Mills PC
Jones Gill LLP
McGinnis Lochridge
Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P.
Brochure thumbnail
Download Brochure (PDF)

Overview

The Fundamentals of Oil, Gas and Mineral Law—ideal for beginners or experienced practitioners seeking a refresher—assembles a distinguished faculty of experienced practitioners for a series of presentations designed to provide practical and detailed coverage of the key issues, strategies, and opportunities facing attorneys, corporate lawyers, E&P operators and landmen.

The program features sessions on production and marketing; oil and gas leases including classification and administration, perpetuation and termination, and implied covenants; risk allocation; division orders; drafting for subsequent operations in the JOA; perfection of oil and gas interests; title opinions for all stages of production; an overview of the Railroad Commission of Texas; and more.

Continue on to the 40th Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute for a full day addressing the latest in oil and gas developments.

  • Buy

Event Schedule

Program is subject to change.
All times are Central Time Zone.

  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Thursday Morning, Mar. 27, 2014
    Presiding Officer:
    Chris Aycock, Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson, PC - Midland, TX
  • 7:30 am
    Houston Only
    Registration Opens
    Includes continental breakfast.

  • 8:35 am
    Houston Only
    Welcoming Remarks

  • 8:45 am
    Houston Only
    0.75 hr
    You Have Drilled Your Well, Now What?
    Pitfalls to avoid when completing your well. Production and marketing of oil, natural gas and liquids, how that is accomplished and what to worry about while you are doing it.

    William D. Griffin, Griffin Consulting - Houston, TX

  • 9:30 am
    Houston Only
    0.75 hr
    Lease Perpetuation Issues
    An examination of the commencement of the term of the lease and its termination.

    Peter E. Hosey, Jackson Walker L.L.P. - San Antonio, TX

  • 10:15 am
    Houston Only
    Break

  • 10:30 am
    Houston Only
    0.50 hr
    Administering State Leases and Relinquishment Act Lands
    Classification of state lands and accompanying lease forms; plus key differences in maintaining a state oil and gas lease.

    Mark A. Havens, Texas General Land Office - Austin, TX

  • 11:00 am
    Houston Only
    0.75 hr
    Implied Covenants
    A review of the law of implied covenants and its application to the oil patch.

    Elizabeth N. Miller, Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P. - Austin, TX

  • 11:45 am
    Houston Only
    Pick Up Lunch
    Included in registration.

  • Thursday Afternoon, Mar. 27, 2014
    Presiding Officer:
    Chris Aycock, Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson, PC - Midland, TX
  • Luncheon Presentation
  • 12:05 pm
    Houston Only
    0.50 hr
    Horizontal Update: The Resurgence of the Permian Basin

    Scott D. Sheffield, Pioneer Natural Resources Company - Irving, TX

  • 12:35 pm
    Houston Only
    Break

  • 12:45 pm
    Houston Only
    0.75 hr
    What You Need to Know about the Railroad Commission
    An overview of the oil and gas drilling, production, environmental and pipeline regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas.

    W. Timothy George, McGinnis Lochridge - Austin, TX

  • 1:30 pm
    Houston Only
    0.50 hr
    Basics: Perfection in the Oilfield
    A general discussion regarding perfection of your client's interest, lien or security interest in oil, gas and other minerals.

    W. John English Jr., Baker & Hostetler LLP - Houston, TX

  • 2:00 pm
    Houston Only
    0.50 hr
    Same Title, Different Opinion
    A discussion of the various types, and differences between, title opinions utilized in all stages of the production of oil and gas.

    Rhodes W. Hamilton, Hamilton & Squibb, LLP - Dallas, TX

  • 2:30 pm
    Houston Only
    Break

  • 2:45 pm
    Houston Only
    0.50 hr
    The Application of the Statute of Frauds in Oil and Gas Transactions
    An overview of the interaction between the Statute of Frauds and the practice of oil and gas law in Texas.

    Joe Fenley Flack III, Andrews Kurth LLP - Houston, TX

  • 3:15 pm
    Houston Only
    0.50 hr
    Division Orders
    A discussion of the origins, uses and the statutory provisions governing division orders.

    Michael D. Jones, Jones Gill LLP - Houston, TX

  • 3:45 pm
    Houston Only
    0.75 hr
    Drilling Contracts and Master Service Agreements
    Risk allocation issues in drilling contracts and master service agreements are often the most difficult issues. This session provides a broad overview of the indemnity and insurance provisions and some important pitfalls to avoid.

    William W. Pugh III, Liskow & Lewis, APLC - Houston, TX

  • 4:30 pm
    Houston Only
    0.50 hr
    Joint Operating Agreement: Subsequent Operations
    Proposals for operations after the initial well, the rights, duties and expectations of the parties, and a comparison of vertical and horizontal well issues.

    Michel E. Curry, Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson, PC - Midland, TX

  • 5:00 pm
    Houston Only
    Adjourn Fundamentals

Download Schedule

Conference Faculty

Michel E. Curry

Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson, PC
Midland, TX

W. John English Jr.

Baker & Hostetler LLP
Houston, TX

Joe Fenley Flack III

Andrews Kurth LLP
Houston, TX

W. Timothy George

McGinnis Lochridge
Austin, TX

William D. Griffin

Griffin Consulting
Houston, TX

Rhodes W. Hamilton

Hamilton & Squibb, LLP
Dallas, TX

Mark A. Havens

Texas General Land Office
Austin, TX

Peter E. Hosey

Jackson Walker L.L.P.
San Antonio, TX

Michael D. Jones

Jones Gill LLP
Houston, TX

Elizabeth N. Miller

Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P.
Austin, TX

William W. Pugh III

Liskow & Lewis, APLC
Houston, TX

Scott D. Sheffield

Pioneer Natural Resources Company
Irving, TX

Planning Committee

Chris Aycock—Director

Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson, PC
Midland, TX

Jonathan D. Baughman

McGinnis Lochridge
Houston, TX

William B. Burford

Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin, L.L.P.
Midland, TX

Frank N. Cusimano III

Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company
Houston, TX

Monika Ehrman

CERES Resource Partners, L.P.
Dallas, TX

W. John English Jr.

Baker & Hostetler LLP
Houston, TX

Ronald O. Holman

Holman Robertson Eldridge
Dallas, TX

Peter E. Hosey

Jackson Walker L.L.P.
San Antonio, TX

Norma Rosner Iacovo

Tenaska Power Services Co.
Arlington, TX

Michael D. Jones

Jones Gill LLP
Houston, TX

Sarah Dotson Mathews

Husch Blackwell LLP
Kansas City, MO

M.C. Cottingham Miles

Martin & Drought, P.C.
San Antonio, TX

Ricardo E. Morales

Person, Whitworth, Borchers & Morales, L.L.P.
Laredo, TX

David Michael Patton

Locke Lord LLP
Houston, TX

J. Derrick Price

McGinnis Lochridge
Austin, TX

George A. Snell III

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Amarillo, TX

Credit Info

  • Houston
  • Dallas
MCLE Credit
Toggle view Texas – 7.25 hrs
Legal Specialization(s): Administrative Law, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law
You may claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of Texas. A Certificate of Attendance will be provided in Your Briefcase for your records. The system reports Texas CLE credit every Tuesday. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your CLE credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com, using the course number  provided on your certificate of attendance.
Toggle view California – 7.25 hrs
You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE is required to provide the State Bar with electronic attendance records for any MCLE participatory activity within 60 days of completion of the activity. The California licensee is responsible for reporting their compliance/credit hours earned to the State Bar at the end of their reporting period directly to the State Bar of California at calbar.ca.gov.  UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.  
Toggle view Louisiana – 7.25 hrs
At the completion of the conference you must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the Supreme Court of Louisiana Continuing Legal Education Committee within 30 days after the conference. 
Toggle view Oklahoma – 8.50 hrs
You must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, then you will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the Oklahoma Bar Association within 30 days after the conference.
Other Credit
Toggle view Certified Professional Landman (AAPL) – 7.25 hrs
Following the conference, UT CLE will send, to attendees who have claimed AAPL credit in their briefcase, by email the AAPL Affidavit of Attendance with the AAPL course number and reporting information included.
http://www.landman.org
Toggle view Registered Professional Landman (AAPL) – 7.25 hrs
Following the conference, UT CLE will send, to attendees who have claimed AAPL credit in their briefcase, by email the AAPL Affidavit of Attendance with the AAPL course number and reporting information included.
http://www.landman.org
Toggle view TX Accounting CPE – 8.50 hrs
The University of Texas School of Law (Provider #250) live conferences are presumptively approved by The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy for Texas Accounting CPE credit based on a 50-minute credit hour. Approved for general CPE credit only.

At the conference, you are welcome to sign in on the Accounting CPE Record of Attendance form at the registration desk, but we are now reporting all credit online. You will receive a Texas Accounting Certificate of Completion in Your Briefcase. Self-report your CPE credit directly to TSBPA. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.  

Contact us at accreditation@utcle.org if you have additional questions.
Toggle view TX Professional Engineer – 0.00 hr
This course may qualify for self-reporting credits with PELS (TX Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors) - please use the link below to find information on how to track your credit with PELS. When you select this credit type, you will receive a downloadable Certificate of Attendance with date and course information for your records.

https://pels.texas.gov/pecep.htm
Toggle view TX Real Estate Commission (TREC) – 0.00 hr
To request continuing education elective credit for real estate related courses approved by the State Bar of Texas for minimum continuing legal education participatory credit, a license holder is required to file an Individual Credit Request for State Bar Course.

https://www.trec.texas.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-forms/CE_CLE-1%2004.10.23.pdf
Use this link to obtain the TREC MCE form for self-reporting your TREC credit. To obtain your Certificate of Attendance you will need to claim credit in your UTCLE account and once claimed you will be able to download a Certificate of Attendance to include with your credit request form.
MCLE Credit
Toggle view Texas – 7.25 hrs
Legal Specialization(s): Administrative Law, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law
You may claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of Texas. A Certificate of Attendance will be provided in Your Briefcase for your records. The system reports Texas CLE credit every Tuesday. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your CLE credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com, using the course number  provided on your certificate of attendance.
Toggle view California – 7.25 hrs
You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE is required to provide the State Bar with electronic attendance records for any MCLE participatory activity within 60 days of completion of the activity. The California licensee is responsible for reporting their compliance/credit hours earned to the State Bar at the end of their reporting period directly to the State Bar of California at calbar.ca.gov.  UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.  
Toggle view Louisiana – 7.25 hrs
At the completion of the conference you must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the Supreme Court of Louisiana Continuing Legal Education Committee within 30 days after the conference. 
Toggle view Oklahoma – 8.50 hrs
You must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, then you will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the Oklahoma Bar Association within 30 days after the conference.
Other Credit
Toggle view Certified Professional Landman (AAPL) – 7.25 hrs
Following the conference, UT CLE will send, to attendees who have claimed AAPL credit in their briefcase, by email the AAPL Affidavit of Attendance with the AAPL course number and reporting information included.
http://www.landman.org
Toggle view Registered Professional Landman (AAPL) – 7.25 hrs
Following the conference, UT CLE will send, to attendees who have claimed AAPL credit in their briefcase, by email the AAPL Affidavit of Attendance with the AAPL course number and reporting information included.
http://www.landman.org
Toggle view TX Accounting CPE – 8.50 hrs
The University of Texas School of Law (Provider #250) live conferences are presumptively approved by The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy for Texas Accounting CPE credit based on a 50-minute credit hour. Approved for general CPE credit only.

At the conference, you are welcome to sign in on the Accounting CPE Record of Attendance form at the registration desk, but we are now reporting all credit online. You will receive a Texas Accounting Certificate of Completion in Your Briefcase. Self-report your CPE credit directly to TSBPA. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.  

Contact us at accreditation@utcle.org if you have additional questions.
Toggle view TX Professional Engineer – 0.00 hr
This course may qualify for self-reporting credits with PELS (TX Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors) - please use the link below to find information on how to track your credit with PELS. When you select this credit type, you will receive a downloadable Certificate of Attendance with date and course information for your records.

https://pels.texas.gov/pecep.htm
Toggle view TX Real Estate Commission (TREC) – 0.00 hr
To request continuing education elective credit for real estate related courses approved by the State Bar of Texas for minimum continuing legal education participatory credit, a license holder is required to file an Individual Credit Request for State Bar Course.

https://www.trec.texas.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-forms/CE_CLE-1%2004.10.23.pdf
Use this link to obtain the TREC MCE form for self-reporting your TREC credit. To obtain your Certificate of Attendance you will need to claim credit in your UTCLE account and once claimed you will be able to download a Certificate of Attendance to include with your credit request form.

Key Dates

Houston – Mar 27, 2014 – Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston
Conference Concluded
Video Replay: Dallas – May 8, 2014 – Cityplace Conference Center
Conference Concluded
Buy
  • Houston
  • Dallas
Individual
Last day for $325.00 Regular pricing: Mar 19, 2014

$375.00 for registrations received after this time

Group 10% (5-9) (5 registrants minimum)
Last day for $295.00 Regular pricing: Mar 19, 2014

$345.00 for registrations received after this time

Group 20% (10+) (10 registrants minimum)
Last day for $260.00 Regular pricing: Mar 19, 2014

$310.00 for registrations received after this time

Last day for cancellation (full refund): Mar 21, 2014

$50 processing fee applied after this date

Last day for cancellation: Mar 24, 2014
Individual
Last day for $275.00 Regular pricing: Apr 30, 2014

$325.00 for registrations received after this time

Group 10% (5-9) (5 registrants minimum)
Last day for $250.00 Regular pricing: Apr 30, 2014

$300.00 for registrations received after this time

Group 20% (10+) (10 registrants minimum)
Last day for $220.00 Regular pricing: Apr 30, 2014

$270.00 for registrations received after this time

Last day for cancellation (full refund): May 2, 2014

$50 processing fee applied after this date

Last day for cancellation: May 5, 2014

Venue

speaker

Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston

2222 West Loop South
Houston, TX 77027-3502
713.627.7600
Map

Accommodations

$195 room rate good through March 12, 2014 (subject to availability). 

Click here for online reservations.
Please refer to the UT Law School Oil, Gas & Mineral Law program when making reservations by phone.

Parking Information

$10/day self-parking;  $16/day overnight self-parking
$16/day valet parking; $27/day overnight valet parking

speaker

Cityplace Conference Center

2711 North Haskell Avenue
Dallas, TX
214.515.5100
Map

Parking Information

Complimentary Self-Parking

Our Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors! Click each logo below to learn more.

  • Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson, PC logo
    Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson, PC

    Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson, P.C., is a well-known law firm in Midland, Texas, one of the leading energy centers of the Southwest. Cotton Bledsoe is highly regarded both by the oil and gas industry and among other law firms in Texas and surrounding States.

    Known particularly for our expertise in oil and gas transactions and oil and gas litigation, we also provide exceptional legal representation in commercial litigation and business law; insurance defense litigation; personal injury defense for self-insured companies and individuals; defense of labor and employment law claims; health care law and litigation support for hospitals and health care professionals; and probate and estate planning.

    Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson, P.C., is AV®-rated* under Martindale-Hubbell’s peer review rating system. Furthermore, many of our attorneys are certified in their area of practice by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. In addition, over the years, many of our lawyers have been named by Texas Super Lawyers magazine as among the top five percent of attorneys in Texas.

    We pride ourselves on being committed to delivering responsive, cost-effective and sophisticated legal representation to our clients throughout the state of Texas, New Mexico and nationwide.

    www.cottonbledsoe.com
  • Freeman Mills PC logo
    Freeman Mills PC

    Our law firm is dedicated to representing the energy industry in a wide variety of litigation, title, and transaction matters. Our clients include exploration and production companies, midstream companies, and oil and gas service companies. In addition to our Texas practice our attorneys are licensed in Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Freeman Mills has offices in Dallas, Tyler, Midland, and Longview.

    www.freemanmillspc.com
  • Jones Gill LLP logo
    Jones Gill LLP

    Our attorneys have extensive experience in Texas and Louisiana oil, gas and energy-related transactions and litigation, including acquisitions and dispositions of producing properties, energy loans, title examination, trials and appeals in both State and Federal Courts in Texas and Louisiana. Our attorneys have been employed by the largest oil and gas companies and by major independents as part of their past experience. Our firm has acted as counsel for small to large independents in title examination, due diligence and acquisitions. We have represented both buyers and sellers in multi-million-dollar acquisitions and divestitures. We have extensive experience in representing both lessors and lessees in oil and gas leasing. Our firm has been at the forefront of recent seminal issues in oil and gas litigation, such as subsurface trespass by hydraulic fracture stimulation, measure of damages for surface damages and pooling issues. At Jones Gill, we pride ourselves on being the right size to maintain the responsiveness and attention our clients deserve and the sensitivity to costs they require, without sacrificing the experience and results they expect.

    jonesgill.com
  • McGinnis Lochridge logo
    McGinnis Lochridge

    McGinnis Lochridge is a Texas-based firm providing quality legal services for more than 85 years. We represent clients throughout the petroleum industry within Texas and across the country. We represent major oil and gas companies, independents and landowners in disputes and lawsuits, ranging from individual tract claims to nationwide class actions. Building on firm history dating back nearly a century, McGinnis Lochridge lawyers have dealt with the developing issues in unconventional shale plays throughout Texas and North America. Our recent work in the Eagle Ford shale trend builds on decades of a strong firm presence in courtrooms throughout South Texas. We also work regularly with Texas governmental agencies including the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) and the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ), as well as local municipalities and water districts.

    www.mcginnislaw.com
  • Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P. logo
    Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P.

    Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P. is one of the top oil and gas, natural resources and energy litigation firms in the nation. For years, we have litigated issues involving the ownership, operation, exploration, production, regulation, processing, transportation and taxation of hydrocarbons and other natural resources. We represent royalty owners, producers, transporters, traders, refiners and governments.

    www.scottdoug.com
Download Sponsor Details Become a Sponsor
Become a Sponsor
Email UT Law CLE for more information on sponsoring an event.

Stay in the loop with UT Law CLE

Sign-Up Now  
Accredited CLE
Live Conferences
Studio Webcasts
eConferences
eCourses
Hooked on CLE
Answer Bar
Research & Self-Study
Materials
eLibrary

Subscriptions
MCLE On-Demand and eLibrary
Your UT Law CLE
Your Briefcase
Your Account
Your Cart
Redeem Your Code
Sign In or Join
About
Scholarships
Sponsorships
Speakers
Texas Law Resources
UT Law CLE
About Us
Our Volunteers
Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Security
Help & Contact
FAQ
Contact Us
Facebook    LinkedIn    Youtube

© 2025 The University of Texas School of Law Continuing Legal Education | 512.475.6700 | Version 9.021

Back to top
More Information
Warning
Error
Warning
Please sign in to continue
Forgot Password   |  Create Account
Item has been added to your cart.

Item description

Checkout
Item has been added to your Briefcase.

Item description

Go to your Briefcase