Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface to the Fourth Edition ix
4. Preface to the Third Edition xi
5. Preface to the Second Edition xiii
6. Preface to the First Edition xv
7. PART ONE: FUNCTION AND LEGAL CATEGORIZATION OF THE OIL AND GAS LEASE
8. 1. Introduction 1
9. 2. Function and History of the Oil and Gas Lease 5
10. 3. Legal Category of the Oil and Gas Lease 15
11. PART TWO: ENTERING INTO THE LEASE
12. 4. Negotiations for and Capacity to Grant a Lease 29
13. 5. Formation of the Lease 60
14. PART THREE: THE LEASE
15. 6. What the Lease Grants 105
16. 7. The Habendum and Interpretation Clauses 149
17. 8. Royalties, Suspended Well Payments, and Taxes 178
18. 9. Drainage – Offset Drilling and Pooling 224
19. 10. Unitization 251
20. 11. Administrative and Procedural Provisions 265
21. 12. Other Versions of the Clauses and Additional Provisions 301
22. PART FOUR: THE TOP LEASE
23. 13. Top Lease 325
24. PART FIVE: INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION
25. 14. Termination of the Lease 339
26. 15. Deferring the Commitment to Drill 356
27. 16. Termination of Productive or Potentially Productive Leases 367
28. 17. Accounting for Past Production 384
29. 18. Estoppel 402
30. 19. Litigating the Oil and Gas Lease 424
31. Index of Legislation 431
32. Index of Cases 435
33. Index of Secondary Authorities 450
34. General Index 455