Unitization of Oil and Gas Fields in Texas

1: Introduction and Overview; 2: The Setting for Unitization; 3: The Texas Legislature and Unitization: The Early Years; 4: The Texas Legislature and Unitization: The Later Years; 5: The Railroad Commission and Unitization: Field Rules and Statewide Orders; 6: The 1949 Voluntary Unitization Statute and the Railroad Commission; 7: Unitization and the Courts: The Common Law; 8: Judicial Review of Railroad Commission Orders; 9: Statistical Assessment of the Degree of Unitization Achieved in Texas; 10: Conclusions and Proposals for Reform