Center Staff Attend 71st Annual Oil and Gas Law Conference in Houston

On February 20-21, 2020, staff from Penn State’s Center for Agricultural and Shale Law attended the Institute for Energy Law’s 71st Annual Oil and Gas Law Conference in Houston, TX. During the first day of the conference, speakers addressed current issues in the energy sector including: national security, recent court rulings, ethics in negotiations, expert witnesses, royalties, M&A negotiations, and certain types of insurance. Notably, speaker Owen L. Anderson discussed a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court case involving the rule of capture and hydraulic fracturing. See, Briggs v. Sw. Energy Prod. Co., _ A.3d_, 2020 WL 356227 (Pa. Jan. 22, 2020). The second day of the conference consisted of discussions on policy, compliance, foreign investment, international markets, and ethics for in-house counsel.