The traditional Texas oil and gas lease expressly allowed the operator to freely transfer the working interest in the lease. These transfers, however, have occasionally been made to sketchy operators who are not attentive to the rights of the surface estate owner. Consequently, more and more...

The Leviathan natural gas field has become a significant energy source for surrounding states in the eastern Mediterranean such as Lebanon, Cyprus, Syria, Israel, Jordan and Turkey. Tensions in the particular area cause this resource to be exploited on a low efficiency level both when it comes...

Land Use Planning and Oil and Gas Leasing on Onshore Federal Lands -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- CORE RECOMMENDATIONS -- SUPPLEMENTARY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCE -- 1 Introduction -- ORIGIN OF THIS REPORT -- THE PROBLEM -- ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT -- REFERENCES...

Russia is one of the key players in the Arctic with ambitions to continue development its Arctic oil resources. Nowadays the only fully launched oil and gas offshore project in Russia is the platform Prirazlomnaya, a number of other projects are at the various stages of realization and their...