Law of Federal Oil and Gas Leases

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The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law

This treatise is a very authoritative secondary source on legal issues relating to the leasing, development, and operation of onshore and offshore oil and gas projects on U.S. federal and indigenous peoples’ lands. Written and updated by attorneys who are specialists in their field and compiled and edited by The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (formerly the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation), the largest independent nonprofit in the nation dedicated to the scholarly and practical study of all aspects of natural resources, energy, and related areas of law, it includes comprehensive coverage of the following and other topics:

• History and development of public land law
• Federal leasing legislation
• Leasing in Alaska
• Leasing on indigenous peoples’ lands
• Right-of-way leasing
• Outer Continental Shelf leases
• Coordination with state and local regulation
• Exploration, drilling, producing, and operating regulations
• Surface management requirements and special stipulations
• Bonds
• Assignments and transfers of interests
• Lease extension, suspension, termination, and reinstatement
• Options and rights to acquire
• Organization of the Department of the Interior, including the Bureau of Land Management, and the United States Forest Service
• Administrative procedures, appeals, and judicial review
• Title examination
• Conflicts arising from multiple mineral development

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