The Different Ways by Which Oil and Gas Interests May be Created and/or Transferred in the United States and United Kingdom
Introduction
A mineral (i.e. oil and gas) interest refers to the “ownership of the right to exploit, mine, or produce minerals lying beneath the surface of a property” (Hancock 2009, p.1). The creation and transfer of oil and gas interests may mean the same things in different countries. However, the laws that apply to them tend to vary- sometime in small and at times in big ways (Hancock 2009; Glasser & Humphrey 2013). This paper explores more keenly the creation ...