SYLLABUS
Professor:
Units:
Time:
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER STURM COLLEGE OF LAW
Oil and Gas Law
Spring Semester 2012
Room 255
Kendor P. Jones
Three (3)
M & W 4:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
SCHEDULE OF READING ASSIGNMENTS
I.
Lowe, Anderson, Smith and Pierce, Oil and Gas Law (5th Ed. 2008)
II.
Selected oil and gas cases and materials
Date
Pages
January 11
Chapter 1
Movie: The Prize
1-9
January 16
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MARTIN LUTHER KING BIRTHDAY
No Class
January 18
Chapter 1
Introduction: Ownership
20-50
January 23
Chapter 1
Ownership (cont’d)
50-84
January 25
Chapter 3
The Lease
306-331
January 30
Chapter 3
The Lease (cont’d)
336-365
February 1
Chapter 3
The Lease (cont’d)
365-393
February 6
Chapter 3
The Lease (cont’d)
393-432
February 8
Chapter 3
The Lease (cont’d)
432-465
February 13
Chapter 3
The Lease (cont’d)
465-479
February 15
Lecture
Brian Tooley: “Royalty Litigation”
Handout
February 20
Lecture
Tom McKee: “Title Opinions”
Handout
February 22
Lecture
Steve Bain: “International Oil and Gas”
Handout
February 27
Lecture
Rebecca Watson: “Public Lands”
Handout
February 29
Chapter 3
The Lease (cont’d)
480-528
March 5
Chapter 1
Ownership (cont’d)
84-113
March 7
Chapter 2
Conservation
131-160
March 12
Chapter 2
Conservation (cont’d)
219-255
March 14
Chapter 4
Titles and Conveyances
529-572
March 18-25 -------
SPRING BREAK
No Class
March 26
Chapter 4
Titles and Conveyances (cont’d)
572-611
March 28
Chapter 4
Titles and Conveyances (cont’d)
611-634
April 2
Chapter 4
Titles and Conveyances (cont’d)
634-668
April 4
Chapter 4
Titles and Conveyances (cont’d)
668-713
April 9
Chapter 5
Contracts and Transfers
723-758;
766-783
April 11
Chapter 5
Contracts and Transfers (cont’d)
784-811
April 16
Chapter 6
Federal Lands
833-866
April 18
Chapter 6
Federal Lands (cont’d)
866-894
906-938
April 23
Review
No Assignment
April 25
Review (cont’d)
No Assignment
May ___
FINAL EXAM
Kendor P. Jones
Office Phone: 303-376-4485
Cell: 303-917-5791
e-mail: kjones@wsmtlaw.com
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