THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
School of Law

Spring Semester 2015
Course, Casebook, and Assignment Listing Classes begin January 12, 2015

9200:684-801 Caldwell Sem: Oil and Gas Law
Casebook(s):

Req: Lowe, et al, Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas Law, 6th ed., West #9780314285164
Rec: Lowe, et al, Forms and Manual to Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas Law, 5th ed.,
West, #9780314183996

Assignment:

Please read in textbook, pages 1-8; pages 32-44; pages 53-61 (stop after Note 4), p. 67, note 6; and pages 97-104. These first two sets of pages give the historical background to the origin of oil and gas and also discuss well drilling, including horizonal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. The remaining two sets of pages explore the critical concept of ownership and the law of capture of oil and gas as well as some limits on the law of capture.