Oil gas energy resources law

27th Annual

Oil, Gas and Energy Resources LAW COURSE

LIVE Houston October 8-9, 2009

VIDEO Santa Fe October 15-16, 2009

VIDEO Midland November 19-20, 2009

• CO2: Drilling, Production, Processing, & Sequestration • Understanding Areas of Mutual Interest & Preferential Interest • Minerals Under Highways & Rights of Way, Leasing Strips • Regulating Gathering Lines in Texas • Buying Assets Out of Bankruptcy • The JOA as a Financial Instrument • Assigning Oil & Gas Leases

Course materials available on a USB flash drive

TexasBarCLE presents the 27th Annual

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LIVE

Houston

Thursday 8:00

VIDEO

8:45

October 15-16, 2009 La Fonda Hotel

VIDEO

Midland

Drafting the Retained Acreage Clause .5 hr Scott C. Petry, Houston Zukowski, Bresenhan & Sinex

1:30

Minerals Under Highways and Right of Ways, Leasing Strips .5 hr Paul P. Santoyo, San Antonio Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated

2:00

Frontline - Client Filing for Bankruptcy .5 hr Jeff Carruth, Waxahachie Reed & Elmquist

2:30

The Joint Operating Agreement as a Financial Instrument .5 hr Michel E. Curry, Midland Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson

3:00

Break

3:15

Buying Assets Out of Bankruptcy .75 hr David M. Bennett, Dallas Thompson & Knight

7.25 hours including .75 hours ethics

October 8-9, 2009 Westin Oaks Hotel

Santa Fe

1:00

9:00

November 19-20, 2009 Midland Center 10:00

Registration and Continental Breakfast Sponsored by TexasBarSolutions Welcoming Remarks and Program Introductions Course Director Norma Rosner Iacovo, Arlington Tenaska Texas Case Law Update 1 hr Richard F. Brown, Amarillo Brown & Fortunato Coming Soon to Your Neighborhood: Recent Developments in the Land of Enchantment .75 hr Michael Feldewert, Santa Fe, NM Holland & Hart William F. Carr, Santa Fe, NM Holland & Hart

10:45

Break

11:00

Selected Pooling Issues .5 hr Jeffery L. Hart, Austin Cardwell, Hart & Bennett

11:30

Wagner Brown v. Sheppard .5 hr Laura H. Burney, San Antonio Perry & Kellogg

12:00

Break (lunch provided)

12:15

Luncheon Presentation: The Future of the Petroleum Industry Under Carbon Constraints .5 hr Jacqueline L. Weaver, Houston A. A. White Professor of Law University of Houston Law Center

MCLE CREDIT

14 HOURS (1.5 ETHICS) MCLE COURSE NO: 901179844 Applies to the College of the State Bar of Texas and to the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law for 14 hours and in Real Estate Law for 4.75 hours.

12:45

Break

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Randy W. Williams, Houston Thompson & Knight Rhett G. Campbell, Houston Thompson & Knight 4:00

To Waive or Not to Waive?

Analyzing Oil & Gas Title Opinion Requirements .5 hr Paul G. Yale, Houston Burleson Cooke

4:30

Ethical Pitfalls of Representing Multiple Clients in a Transaction .75 hr ethics Suzanne Raggio Westerheim, Dallas Attorney-Mediator

5:15

Adjourn

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Friday 6.75 hours including .75 hours ethics 8:00

Continental Breakfast Sponsored

by TexasBarSolutions

8:30

Legislative Update .75 hr Benjamin W. Sebree, Austin Vice President for Governmental Affairs Texas Oil & Gas Association

9:15

9:45

Regulating Gathering Lines in Texas .5 hr Glenn E. Johnson, Austin Kelly Hart & Hallman Shut-In Gas Royalty Clause .5 hr Terry N. McClure, Fort Worth McClure & Cross

10:15

Break

10:30

Removal of Operators Under a JOA .5 hr M. Bradford Moody, Houston Watt Beckworth Thompson & Henneman

11:00

Uranium Leasing .5 hr J. Byron (Trace) Burton, III, San Antonio Uhl, Fitzsimons & Jewett

11:30

Understanding Areas of Mutual Interest and Preferential Rights .5 hr Everard A. Marseglia, Jr., Houston Liskow & Lewis

12:00

Break (lunch provided)

12:15

Luncheon Presentation: Climate Change and Offshore Drilling Hazards .5 hr Peter Trabant, Ph.D., Spicewood Oceanographer

12:45

Break

1:00

Assigning Oil and Gas Leases .5 hr Roger E. Beecham, Dallas Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller

1:30

Master Limited Partnerships at the Crossroads 1 hr Philip D. Peacock, Houston Andrews Kurth

2:30

CO2: Drilling, Production, Processing, and Sequestration .75 hr Owen L. Anderson, Norman, OK Eugene Kuntz Chair in Oil, Gas & Natural Resources University of Oklahoma College of Law

3:15

The Intersection of Business and Legal Ethics .75 hr ethics Albert D. Hoppe, Katy

4:00

Adjourn

Our thanks to our sponsor

State Bar of Texas Insurance Trust

TexasBarCLE Advanced Courses are sponsored by LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.

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I N F O R M A T I O N Reserve Your Hotel Room Early

Beat the “Register By” Deadline and Save $50 because early registrations help us ensure that sufficient course books, seating, and refreshments are available. No confirmation will be sent. Course materials and seating will be reserved for pre-registrants until the start of the first topic.

Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Section Members Can Save $75 by registering by the Early Registration deadline (thereafter, save $25); see the registration form. Not a member? To join, contact the State Bar’s Sections Coordinator, Kathy Casarez, at 800-204-2222, x1420. Please do not send Section membership payment with your registration fee.

Earn Discounts by Registering Five or More from your firm or agency. Contact Firm and Group Sales Representative Laura Angle of TexasBarSolutions at 512-250-5575 or langle@texasbar.com

Hotel rooms have been blocked at special rates on a space available basis. To make a reservation, contact the hotel and indicate that you will be attending this State Bar of Texas Course.

HOUSTON LIVE Westin Oaks Hotel 5011 Westheimer Houston, TX 77056 713-960-8100 $179/night Deadline: September 7, 2009 The reserved block of rooms may fill up before the deadline. Act now!

State Bar Policy Manual §7.03.06 Allows Some Judges to Attend Free provided (1) the course is directly related to their tribunal’s jurisdiction, (2) they are full-time judges or judges retired under the Texas Judicial Retirement System and (3) space is available for all paying registrants. This privilege does not extend to receivers, trustees, court staff, or persons serving part-time in any judicial capacity. NOTE: Judges must actually attend to receive course materials.

SANTA FE VIDEO La Fonda Hotel 100 E. San Francisco Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-982-5511 $226/night Deadline: September 14, 2009 The reserved block of rooms may fill up before the deadline. Act now!

Parking Information for Attendees Not Staying at the Hotel is subject to change without notice and is not a guarantee of available space.

HOUSTON: Self-parking is complimentary in the Galleria Mall garage; SANTA FE: hotel guests - $10/ visitors not staying overnight - maximum is $12/day; MIDLAND - self parking is complimentary

MIDLAND VIDEO Midland Center 105 N. Main Street Midland, TX 79701 432-682-6234 No rooms have been blocked for this showing.

If You Need Special Accommodations to Attend, please contact us as soon as possible at 800-204-2222, x1797.

Course Director Norma Rosner Iacovo ................................................ Arlington

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Planning Committee Ernest V. Bruchez ............................................................ Bryan William B. ‘Bill’ Burford ............................................... Midland Terry I. Cross ...................................................................Dallas Michael E. Curry ......................................................... Midland Jolisa Anne Dobbs...........................................................Dallas Everard A. ‘Butch’ Marseglia Jr. ...................................Houston M. C. Cottingham Miles .......................................San Antonio Ricardo E. Morales ........................................................ Laredo David M. Patton..........................................................Houston David H. O. Roth...................................................San Antonio George A. Snell III ....................................................... Amarillo

TexasBarCLE Planning Team Hedy Bower .............................................Sr. Program Attorney Kathy Reese ........................................Sr. Program Coordinator

Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Section of the State Bar of Texas Norma Rosner Iacovo .......................................................Chair Fabene’ J. Welch..................................................... Chair-Elect William B. Burford ................................................... Vice Chair Timothy Brown ..........................................................Secretary M. C. Cottingham Miles ............................................ Treasurer Michael P. Pearson .................................. Immediate Past Chair

State Bar of Texas Roland Johnson .........................................................President David Fisher ................................................ Chair of the Board Terry Tottenham ................................................ President-Elect Harper Estes ..................................... Immediate Past President Cori Harbour ....................................................TYLA President F. R. “Buck” Files, Jr. ..............................Chair, CLE Committee Van Galen Hilley ..........................Chair, Board PDP Committee Michelle E. Hunter ........................................Executive Director Patrick A. Nester ..................................... Director, TexasBarCLE

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or the Advanced Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Course this year, you may choose how you receive the course materials: as the usual binders of sheets of paper or as a single easy-to-carry, easy-to-store USB thumb drive.

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