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The Importance of Understanding the Complexities of Petroleum Geology

The Importance of Understanding the Complexities of Petroleum Geology

Presented at 2019 Annual Meeting: An overview to understanding the complexities of petroleum geology

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2017 Appalachian Land Institute
2017 Gulf Coast Land Institute Day 1
2017 Mining and Land Resources Institute - Day 1
2017 Mining and Land Resources Institute - Day 2
2017 Santa Fe Land Institute
2017 Texas Land Institute
2018 Texas Land Institute
2019 Appalachian Land Institute Day 1
2019 Appalachian Land Institute Day 2
2019 Gulf Coast Land Institute
2019 Santa Fe Land Institute
2020 Opening Session Awards Ceremony & Annual Keynote Address
2021 ALI
2021 Virtual Mining and Land Resources Institute
2022 Local Link-Up Recording
2023 Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker Chris Wright
A & D Considerations for Evolving Lower 48 Portfolios Investment Responses Refreshed Strategies and a Path Ahead Robert Clarke
A Landman's Roadmap for Navigating Federal Oil and Gas Leases
A&D Considerations for Evolving Lower 48 Portfolios Investment Responses, Refreshed Strategies, and a Path Ahead Robert Clarke
AAPL 2015 JOA Panel
AAPL Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice
AAPL Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice
AAPL's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice
AAPL's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice - I
AAPL's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice - II
AAPL's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice - III
AAPL's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice - IV
AAPL's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice - V
AAPL's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice II
AAPL's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice III
AAPL's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice IV
AAPL's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice V
Accommodation Doctrine
Acquiring Aging Oil and Gas Assets
Acquisitions of Distressed Assets
Advanced Due Diligence
Advanced Due Diligence Issues in Oil and Gas Acquisitions
Adverse Possession by Oil and Gas Lessees
Allocation Wells Panel
Analyzing Retained Acreage and Continuous Development Provisions
Ancillary and Curative Documents in Renewable Energy - On-Demand
Ancillary Oil & Gas Agreements - When One Agreement Isn't Enough
Ancillary Oil and Gas Agreements - When One Agreement Isn't Enough
Appalachia Case Law Update
Applying Defect Mechanics Under a Typical Purchase Agreement
Applying Title Defect Mechanics
Asserting Dominance Do Renewable Developers Have to Accommodate Oil & Gas Surface Use
Bitcoin (BTC) Mining - On-Demand
Bitcoin Mining for Landmen
Buying Companies Instead of Assets
Buying Minerals in Producing Properties to Raise NRI
California Carbon Negative Energy
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Panel
Carbon Capture Projects
Carbon Capture Storage & Sequestration A State of the States_J. Walrath_KC McAdam
Comingling Doctrine
Common Ethics Pitfalls Faced by the Professional Landman
Common Landowner Concerns and Questions Encountered in Wind Leasing
Comparative Analysis
Comparative Title Law - 21 Producing States
Comparison of New Mexico and Texas Oil and Gas Law
Complex Surface Agreements - Hydrogen Leasing (Part 1)
Complex Surface Agreements - Hydrogen Leasing (Part 1)_
Complex Surface Agreements - Hydrogen Leasing (Part 2)
Complex Surface Agreements - Hydrogen Leasing (Part 2)_
Compulsory Pooling
Consent to Assign and Preferrential Rights
Covenants Running With the Land
Cover Your Assets How to Defend Against Title Problems
Covid, Climate, Careers A Changing Industry
CPL Certification Exam Review Day 2 CH 10
CPL Certification Exam Review Day 2 CH 11
CPL Certification Exam Review Day 2 CH 8
CPL Certification Exam Review Day 2 CH 9
CPL Certification Exam Review Day 3 - CH 15
CPL Certification Exam Review Day 3 - CH 16
CPL Certification Exam Review Day 3 - CH 17 - Geographic Information Systems
CPL Certification Exam Review Day 3 -CH 13
CPL Certification Exam Review Day 3 CH 12
CPL Certification Exam Review Day 3- CH 14
Critical Steps and Essential Guidance for Negotiating JOAs
Current Issues in Louisiana Oil & Gas Law
Current Issues in Louisiana Oil and Gas Law
Dealing with Difficult and Challenging Owners...and Finding Solutions
Dealing With Distressed Parties Under the AAPL 610 Joint Operating Agreement
Deduction of Post-Production Expenses
Deductions of Post-Production Expenses - 2022
Development of Relinquishment Act Lands
Due Diligence Acquisition Divestiture - On-Demand
Due Diligence When Acquiring Upstream Assets
Earth, Wind, Solar
Education Luncheon David Ramsden-Wood
Enron, Ethics, and Educating Tomorrow's Leaders
EPA Region 6
Ethical Considerations for Landmen
Ethical Dilemmas in Today's Oil Fields
Ethics in Renewable Energy - On-Demand
Evolution of Produced Water Management in the Permian Basin
Evolve or Die - Innovate Your Land Operations
Evolving Electricity
Evolving Electricity Beth Garza
Excel 101
Facility Overview The Pros and Cons of the Energy Transition - On-Demand_
Fast Closings and Delayed Due Diligence Doing Oil and Gas Deals with Limited Access to County Records
Faster, Smarter Contracting Process in the Oil and Gas Industry
Federal Geothermal Considerations
Federal Oil and Gas Leases 101
Field Landman's Guide To Working Contract In-House
Financing a Deal
Frank Dialogue on the Energy Transition
Freeze-Related Lease Litigation The Growing Storm in the Oil Patch
From Global Warming to Climate Crisis Has Anything Actually Changed, Other Than the Name
Geology for Landmen
Geothermal Resource Development History & Legal Considerations
Held By Production in the Appalachia Basin
Held by Production/Royalty Issues Seminar
Horizon Breakfast
Horizon Breakfast Nancy McCaskell
How American Oil & Gas Can Secure the Energy Future
How to Identify Valuable Wind and Solar Properties
How to Make Deductions From the Royalty Stream for Post-Production Expenses
Hurdles to Net-Zero Carbon Emissions
Hydrogen Energy Projects A Review of Legal Issues
Independent Contractor Workshop
Into the Digital Pipeline
Intro to Hard Rock Mining and The General Mining Law of 1872
Introduction to Renewable Energy Sources
Introduction to Well Logs and their Interpretation
Inverse Condemnation Exposure and Management for the Energy Industry
JOA Disputes and Litigation
Land Descriptions 101
Land Technology - The Future Is On It's Way
Land Use, Rights and Obligations Concerning Carbon Based and Renewable Energy
Lazarus Wells Resurrecting Dormant Production
Leadership Development Panel
Leadership for Land Professionals
Lease Payments
Leasing Under Texas Roadways
Let the Buyer Beware - Adventures in Due Diligence
Logistics & Value Chain for Oil & Gas
Making Cash Flow
Managing Your Lease When Production Ceases
Mechanics of Washout Provisions
Midstream Oil & Gas Fundamentals
Mineral Buying Business
National Field Landman Webinar
Navigating Anti-Washout Provisions
Navigating Development and Co-tenancy
Navigating Mineral & Royalty Disputes
Navigating the Crossroads Evolving Surface Use Issues and Innovative Solutions
New Challenges to Flaring and Venting Gas in Upstream Operations
New Opportunities Maximizing Your Acreage With Solar
New Revenue From Old Deals
Non-Operators and Mineral Owners' Rights to Information from Operators
Nuisance and Surface Issues in the Oil Patch
Oil & Gas vs. Solar Negotiating a Lease
Oil and Gas Lease Fundamentals
Oil, Gas, Wind & Solar Accommodating Competing Surface Interests
Oil, Gas, Wind & Solar Accommodating Competing Surface Interests J. David Hampton
Old and New Issues Involving Joint Operating Agreements
Open Mine Doctrine and Life Estates
Opening Session Alex Epstein
Over and Under Payment of Royalties
Panel Discussion on Appalachia Basin
Participation Agreements
Petroleum Engineering for Non-Engineers
Pipelines and Easements
Prospecting and Preliminary Due Diligence
Purchase Price Adjustments
Purchasing Marginal Gas Units In Shale Plays
Recent Developments in Drilling Allocation Wells
Recent Developments in Drilling Allocation Wells Robert Eli Kiefaber
Recent Developments in the US Oil and Gas M&A Market
Recent Significant Energy Cases in Producing States
Reconciling Conflicts Between Oil and Gas and Renewable Development Projects
Regulation and Policy Considerations for Renewable Energy - On-Demand
Relinquishment Act Lands
Renewable Energy Case Law - On-Demand
Retained Acreage
Royalty Deductions
Royalty Price Provisions, New Effective Burdens and the Impact on Your Overall Well Economics
RPL CPL Certification Exam Review Day 1 CH 1
RPL CPL Certification Exam Review Day 1 CH 2
RPL CPL Certification Exam Review Day 1 CH 3
RPL CPL Certification Exam Review Day 1 CH 4
RPL CPL Certification Exam Review Day 1 CH 5
RPL CPL Certification Exam Review Day 1 CH 6
RPL CPL Certification Exam Review Day 1 CH 7
Shedding Light on Solar Leasing
Solar Energy
Solar Lease Fundamentals
Statues of Limitations and Equitable Defenses to Lease Termination Claims
Step by Step Acquisitions from PSA to Closing
Structuring A Deal Negotiation Strategy & Technique
Structuring Oil and Gas Transactions
Surface Rights Game-Changing Issues Surface Owners Must Deal With
Surface Use and Access
Surface Use for Horizontal Wells
Surface Use Issues From Both Sides of the Fence
Suspension of Payments and Escheat
Taking a Look at Recent Energy Crisis
Tax Considerations for Renewable Energy - On-Demand
Tempest at Teapot Dome
Texas Case Law Update
The Allocation Problem - Allocating Production in the Permian and Other Basins
The Benefits of Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace
The Big Green Radicals Project Pushing Back Against Radical Eco Activists
The Devil Is in the Details Avoiding Common Pitfalls in the Drafting and Negotiation of Purchase and Sale Agreements
The Importance of Understanding the Complexities of Petroleum Geology
The Negotiation Before the Negotiation Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreements
The Role of Mining in the Renewable Industry - On-Demand
The Suspense is Killing Me The Scary Reality of Suspended Revenue
This is Not Your Father's Producer 88
ThoughtTrace_ Transactions, Insights, & Dollars.mp4
Tips for Negotiating Online
Transferable Land Skills for the Professional Landman
Underground Natural Gas Storage
Understanding and Researching Surface Rights
Utility-Scale Solar Energy Leasing
Video Faster, Smarter Contracting Process in the Oil & Gas Industry
Video Running a Public Company from the Perspective of a Landman
Wage and Hour Legal Compliance for America's Landmen
Wind and Solar Leases
Wind Energy - On-Demand
Wind Energy Leasing and Title Curative
Wind Energy Prospecting
Working Interest and NRI Calculations for the Top 10 Texas Oil and Gas Cases of 2019

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