Publications

A Lawyer’s Guide to Ethical Issues in Enforcement Proceedings |   (PDF)
Mary Viviano, Heidi K. Ruckriegle
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Journal Volume 53 | No. 2 | 2016
A version of this paper was presented at the RMMLF’s April 2016 special institute entitled “Water Acquisition and Management for Oil & Gas Development: Legal and Regulatory Requirements” and appeared in the institute manual as Paper 10B

Toward Planning 2.0: The New Landscape of BLM Planning   |   (PDF)
Rebecca Watson, Joshua Cannon
93 Denv. U. L. Rev. Online 49 | November 2015

©Hot Energy Topics on Public Lands at the end of the Obama Administration  |   (PDF)
Rebecca Watson
Presented at the Energy Mineral Law Foundation Annual Institute | June 2015

Citizen Initiatives: Power to the People or More of the Same? |   (PDF)
Rebecca Watson, Jennifer Cadena
This paper was published in the November/December issue of GPSolo, a publication of the American Bar Association, Volume 31 | Number 6. It is an abridged and edited version of one that originally appeared on page 44 of Natural Resources & Environment, Spring 2014 (28:4)

©Top Ten Things Your Friends and Family Need to Know About Fracking |   (PDF)
Rebecca Watson
Presented at the 15th National Oil & Gas Royalty Conference sponsored by Professional Development Institute (PDI) | Fall 2014

Frontier Flaring: Science & Economics, Politics & Regulation – The Future of Flaring|   (PDF)
Kelly Williams, Joshua Cannon
This paper was originally published by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation in the Proceedings of the 60th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute (2014)

Anti-Fracking Initiatives: Power to the People or More of the Same?   |   (PDF)
Rebecca Watson, Jennifer Cadena
This paper was originally published in Natural Resources & Environment, Volume 28 | Number 4 | Spring 2014

Court of Appeals Rules That Return on Investment May Not Be Deducted in Calculating Severance Taxes and New COGCC Spill and Release Reporting Requirements Under Rules 337 and 906   |   (PDF)
Sheryl Howe, Joseph Pierzchala, Chelsey Russell
This paper was originally published in the Mineral Law Newsletter Vol. XXXI, No. 1 (Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Fdn. 2014)

Oil & Gas Development is Key to US Future. Don’t Ban It. Regulate It.   |   (PDF)
Rebecca W. Watson, WSMT Shareholder, and Don Smith, Director of University of Denver Sturm College of Law’s Environmental and Natural Resources Program
This paper was originally published in The Christian Science Monitor® | October 23, 2013

The Sequester’s Effect on Mineral Payments to Colorado on Public Lands   |   (PDF)
Rebecca W. Watson, Jennifer Cadena
This paper was originally published in Law Week Colorado Vol. 11 | No. 18 | May 6, 2013

Is The Oil and Gas Industry Exempt From Major Environmental Laws and What About That “Fracking” Loophole?   |   (Link to video and power point presentations)
Rebecca W. Watson
Presented at The Center of the American West on March 18, 2014 in conjunction with the AirWaterGas Sustainability Network and Boulder County’s Spring Edition of FrackingSENSE 2.0.

Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Supply Protection – Federal Regulatory Developments   |   (PDF)
Rebecca W. Watson, Nora R. Pincus
A prior version of this paper was presented at The Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute entitled “The Water-Energy Nexus: Acquisition, Use and Disposal of Water for Energy and Mineral Development” and appeared in the Institute manual as Paper 6 (Rocky Mt. Min, L. Fdn. 2012).

Water: The Fuel for Colorado Energy   |   (PDF)
Carolyn F. Burr, Rebecca W. Watson
This paper was originally published by the University of Denver Water Law Review, Volume 15/Issue2/Spring 2012.

Something Old, Something New: The Evolving Farmout Agreement   |   (PDF)
Kendor P. Jones
This paper was originally published by the RMMLF in the Manual of the Special Institute on Oil and Gas Agreements: The Exploration Phase (2010).

City, County, and Special District Construction Projects   |   (PDF)
Ed Blieszner
Author, the Local Government Contracting chapter of Colorado Construction Law published by CLE in Colorado, Inc. (2010)

Renewable Power Projects on Federal Lands: Wind and Sun and the FLPMA Right-of-Way—is it Working?   |   (PDF)
Maria Garton, Wylie Levone, Rebecca W. Watson
This paper was originally published by the RMMLF in the Manual of the Special Institute on Energy Development: Access, Siting, Permitting, and Delivery on Public Lands (2009).

Keeping Your Lease Alive in Good Times and in Bad   |   (PDF)
Kendor P. Jones, Jennifer L. McDowell
This paper was originally published by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation in the Proceedings of the 55th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute 23-1 (2009).

Uranium Exploration and Development – United States   |   (PDF)
John F. Meck
This paper was originally published by the RMMLF in the Manual of the Special Institute on International Mining and Oil & Gas Law, Development and Investment (2009).

State Surface Owner Protection Laws: Tales of Preemption, Federalism and a Changing West   |   (PDF)
Rebecca W. Watson
This paper was originally published by the RMMLF in the Manual of the Special Institute on Surface Use for Mineral Development in the New West (2008) and was reprinted in Vol. 45, No. 1 of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Journal (2008).

Update on the Hatfields and McCoys: Did the Tax Collectors and Producer-Processors’ Collaboration Solve Wyoming’s Gas Valuation Problem?
Jennifer McDowell
This professional paper represents the work product of its presenter/author, who is solely responsible for its content.  This paper is reproduced herein with the permission of the National Association of Division Order Analysts.

Produced Water: Water Rights and Water Quality – A Meeting of the Waters?   |   (PDF)
Rebecca W. Watson, Holly J. Franz
This paper was originally published in the Proceedings of the 52nd Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute (2006)

Your CEO Must Sign on the Dotted Line! The Louisiana Department of Revenue Defines Who Can Validly Sign Agreements
Jennifer McDowell
Louisiana State and Local Tax Report, Volume 15, No. 4, State Tax Press (April 2006)

Wyoming Disallows Deductions for Transportation Between Wellhead and Market Pipeline: Cabot Oil & gas Corp. v. Followill   |   (PDF)
Amy Seneshen, Co-Author
This professional paper represents the work product of its presenter/author, who is solely responsible for its content.  This paper is reproduced herein with the permission of the National Association of Division Order Analysts.

Chained Gates and No Trespassing Signs: Dealing with Wary Landowners in a Brave New World   |   (PDF)
Kendor P. Jones, Co-Author
This paper was originally published by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation in the Proceedings of the 51st Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute 7-1 (2005).

Lessee and Transferee Qualifications
Amy Seneshen
Law of Federal Oil & Gas Leases (2005).

Management of Solid and Hazardous Waste
Jim Noble
Published in The Most Frequently Asked Questions in Environmental Law (Maricopa County Bar Association 2005 ed.) (co-authored with Michael T. Kafka).

An Overview of Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Law   |   (PDF)
Amy Seneshen
This professional paper represents the work product of its presenter/author, who is solely responsible for its content.  This paper is reproduced herein with the permission of the National Association of Division Order Analysts.

Confidentiality of Juvenile Information Since the Public Information Act
Jennifer McDowell
Texas State Bar Juvenile Section Report, Volume 17, No. 2 (June 2003).

Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw and the increasingly Broad Standard for Citizen Standing to Sue in Environmental Litigation
Jim Noble
Published in 42 Natural Resources Journal 415 (2002).

The Marketable Product Approach in the Natural Gas Royalty Case
Brian S. Tooley, Co-Author
This paper was originally published by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation in the Proceedings of the 44th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute 21-1 (1998).

Due Diligence and Closing Issues   |   (PDF)
Kendor P. Jones
This paper was originally published by the RMMLF in the manual of the Special Institute on Oil & Gas Acquisitions (1995).

Restrictions on Access and Surface/Subsurface Trespass Involving Exploration and Production Technologies   |   (PDF)
Kendor P. Jones
This paper was originally published by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation in the Proceedings of the 40th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute 20-1 (1994).