ABANDONMENT Abandon or not to abandon: what constitutes voluntary abandonment in the wake of Scott v. McTiernan. Nicole C. Nachtigal. 5 Great Plains Nat Resources J 247-257 (2001). Evolution of international law on the decommisssioning of oil and gas installations. Mark Osa Igiehon, Patricia Park. 2001 Int'l Energy L & Tax'n Rev 199-212 (No. 9, 2001). Idle and deserted wells: who plugs and who pays. Alan V. Hager, Kevin L. Shaw. 45 Rocky Mt Min L Inst 12-1(42) (1999). Restoring inactive and abandoned mine sites: a guide to managing environmental liabilities. Jeffrey A. Kodish. 16 J Envtl L & Litig 381-420 (2001). USGS abandoned mine lands initiative: Colorado and Montana pilot projects. Rebekah King. 31 Colo Law 87-90 (Nov 2002). Wellbores: shedding light on a transactional black hole. Kurt M. Petersen. 48 Rocky Mt Min L Inst 13-1(44) (2002). ACCESS Access on federal public lands. Daniel A. Jensen. Severed Minerals, Split Estates, Rights of Access, & Surface Use in Mineral Extraction Operations 4-1(56) (2005). Access to Department of the Interior lands managed for limited purposes. Robert D. Comer, Lyle K. Rising. Severed Minerals, Split Estates, Rights of Access, & Surface Use in Mineral Extraction Operations 6B-1(6) (2005). Access to public lands - its effect on natural gas supply in the United States. 49 Landman 45-62 (Jan/Feb 2004). Access to subjacent minerals. Karen J. Greenwell, Joseph J. Zaluski. Severed Minerals, Split Estates, Rights of Access, & Surface Use in Mineral Extraction Operations 11-1(21) (2005). Common law of access and surface use in oil, gas, and mining. Donald N. Zillman. Severed Minerals, Split Estates, Rights of Access, & Surface Use in Mineral Extraction Operations 1A-1(48) (2005), reprinted in 42 Rocky Mt Min L Fdn J 117-183 (No. 1, 2005). Crossing the 49th parallel: land issues for oil and gas operations in the United States and Canada. William H. Bonney, Colby L. Branch, J. Jay Park, Kemp J. Wilson. 46 Rocky Mt Min L Inst 23-1(54) (2000). How do I get there? Access to and across mining claims and mineral leases. Daniel A. Jensen. 45 Rocky Mt Min L Inst 20-1(78) (1999). Indian lands - surface access and use. Colby L. Branch. Severed Minerals, Split Estates, Rights of Access, & Surface Use in Mineral Extraction Operations 7-1(38) (2005). Private lands - surface access and use. Rick D. Davis, Jr.. Severed Minerals, Split Estates, Rights of Access, & Surface Use in Mineral Extraction Operations 9A-1(44) (2005). RS 2477: the battle over rights-of-way on federal land. Michael S. Freeman, Lusanna J. Ro. 32 Colo Law 105-111 (Oct 2003). Securing and maintaining surface access on federal lands. Scot W. Anderson, Jon Tjornehoj. 55th Annual Inst on Oil & Gas L 17-1(32) (Center for Am & Int'l L 2004). State lands - surface access and use for mineral extraction. John W. Andrews. Severed Minerals, Split Estates, Rights of Access, & Surface Use in Mineral Extraction Operations 8-1(10) (2005). Surface access by the remedy of last resort: condemnation. Robert A. Bassett. Severed Minerals, Split Estates, Rights of Access, & Surface Use in Mineral Extraction Operations 16-1(25) (2005). That was then, but that's what counts: freezing the law of R.S. 2477. Robert H. Hughes. 2002 Utah L Rev 679-703 (2002). ACCOUNTING - MINERALS Accounting for extractive industries: an Australian perspective. Nasser Spear, Trevor Wise. 19 Petroleum Acct & Fin Mgmt J 30-53 (2000). ACCOUNTING - MINING Factors and forces of the extractive industry environment and their implications for accounting measurement and financial reporting. Nasser Spear, Trevor Wise. 21 Petroleum Acct & Fin Mgmt J 1-27 (2002). Mining and the vanishing surety bond market. Lisa A. Kirschner. 17 Nat Resources & Env't 152(6) (Winter 2003). Report on the international accounting standards board's extractive industries accounting project. Horace Brock. 20 Petroleum Acct & Fin Mgmt J 1-12 (2001). ACCOUNTING - OIL AND GAS Accounting for business combinations: implications of recent changes for oil and gas firms. B. Charlene Henderson, Patricia A. Ryan, John G. Wermert. 50 Oil Gas & Energy Q 315-332 (2001). Accounting for site closure and environmental costs: a new maze of standards and requirements. Charlotte J. Wright. 48 Oil Gas & Energy Q 481-494 (2000). Analysis of oil and gas stock returns with benchmark ratios. Hugh Grove, Tommi Johnsen, Ron Rizzuto. 18 Petroleum Acct & Fin Mgmt J 73-85 (1999). Business combinations: recent changes in accounting standards illustrated through two mergers. C.P. Carter, George E. Nogler. 51 Oil Gas & Energy Q 81-91 (2002). Changes in accounting practices in the oil and gas industry during the 1990s. Teddy L. Coe, Alan K. Styles. 20 Petroleum Acct & Fin Mgmt J 1-27 (2001). Changes in accounting practices in the oil and gas industry during the 1990s. Teddy L. Coe, Alan K. Styles. 21 Petroleum Acct & Fin Mgmt J 8-37 (2002). COPAS an update. John H. Gear. 19 Petroleum Acct & Fin Mgmt J 106-115 (2000). COPAS for landmen and lawyers. Karla J. Bower, Mark D. Christiansen. 48 Rocky Mt Min L Inst 26-1(38) (2002). COPAS: an update. Jon H. Gear. 21 Petroleum Acct & Fin Mgmt J 145-150 (2002). Current developments in financial accounting and reporting. Dennis R. Jennings. 18 Petroleum Acct & Fin Mgmt J 129-137 (1999). Current developments in financial accounting and reporting. Dennis R. Jennings. 19 Petroleum Acct & Fin Mgmt J 106-118 (2000). Effects of accounting choice on analysts' forecast errors in extractive industries. Debra C. Jeter. 49 Oil Gas & Energy Q 567-599 (2001). Financial performance reporting changes suggested. Linda M. Nichols. 48 Oil Gas & Energy Q 611-617 (2000). Financial statement fraud: after Enron and Dynergy. Nicholas G. Apostolou, D. Larry Crumbley. 51 Oil Gas & Energy Q 371-386 (2002). Forecasting cash flow from operations: evidence from the oil and gas industry. Kevin T. Berry, David O'Bryan, Jeffrey J. Quirin. 48 Oil Gas & Energy Q 517-528 (2000). Interest computations and netting: are you leaving money on the table. David H, Boucher, Mary A. McNulty. 51 Sw Legal Found Inst on Oil & Gas L & Tax'n 15-1(44) (2000). International standards for the oil industry. Kurt H. Buerger, Linda M. Nichols. 50 Oil Gas & Energy Q 805-809 (2002). Oil and gas industry: leading in accounting for the new economy. Linda M. Nichols. 50 Oil Gas & Energy Q 419-423 (2001). Precedent emerges in pipeline asset class determination: two strikes against the IRS. Stephanie F. Watson. 48 Oil Gas & Energy Q 297-307 (1999). Proposed changes in consolidations policy - how will oil, gas and energy companies be affected. Joyce A. Strawser. 48 Oil Gas & Energy Q 699-711 (2000). Provision for non-audit services and the low-balling of audit fees for firms in the oil and gas industry. D. Larry Crumbley, Donald Deis, Santanu Mitra, Kenny Reynolds. 21 Petroleum Acct & Fin Mgmt J 87-109 (2002). Relevance versus reliability of oil and gas reserve quantity and value disclosures: the results of two decades of research. Horace R. Brock, Charlotte J. Wright. 18 Petroleum Acct & Fin Mgmt J 86-110 (1999). SFAS 141 and 142: relevance to prior and future mergers and acquisitions in the oil, gas, and energy industry. Cal Christian, Mark McCarthy, Douglas K. Schneider. 21 Petroleum Acct & Fin Mgmt J 53-62 (2002). Topical index, volumes 1-20. 21 Petroleum Acct & Fin Mgmt J 103-157 (2002). Why oil prices need to rise: the illusions of oilfield costs and technology. Matthew R. Simmons. 48 Oil Gas & Energy Q 231-250 (1999). ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES 2005 COPAS accounting procedure - a comparison of key features of the 1984, 1986 and 2005 procedures. Karla J. Bower. 50 Landman 15-21 (May/June 2005), reprinted in 42 Rocky Mt Min L Fdn J No. 2 (2005). COPAS: an update. Jon H. Gear. 21 Petroleum Acct & Fin Mgmt J 115-122 (2002). Geographic segment disclosures for the petroleum industry under SFAS 131. Dave L. Nichols, W. Mark Wilder. 21 Petroleum Acct & Fin Mgmt J 50-67 (2002). Maintaining records for timber activities. Darwin L. King. 49 Oil Gas & Energy Q 665-682 (2001). ACID RAIN Mine is a terrible thing to waste: past, present and future reclamation efforts to correct the environmentally damaging effects of coal mines. A. Brooke Rubenstein, David Winkowski. 13 Vill Envtl L J 189-215 (2002). Sustainable development and air quality: the need to replace basic technologies with cleaner alternatives. David M. Driesen. 32 Envtl L Rep 10277-10290 (2002). ACQUIRED LANDS Indian tribes and the Base Realignment and Closure Act: recommendations for future trust land acquisitions. Craig A. Jacobson, Geoffrey D. Stommer. 75 ND L Rev 509-533 (1999). ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Administrative adjudications and developing a record for the appeal. Hugh V. Schaefer. Nat Resources & Envtl Admin L & Proc 4-1(57) (Rocky Mt Min L Fdn 1999). Administrative appeal procedures for rights-of-way, mineral leases, and mineral agreements on Indian lands. Matthew L. Crockett, Robert S. Thompson, III. Nat Resources & Envtl Admin L & Proc II 10-1(22) (Rocky Mt Min L Fdn 2004). Administrative framework of land and water management in Australia. Alex Gardner. 16 Envtl & Plan L J 212 (1999). Administrative law implications of protecting consumers in a changing regulatory landscape. Suedeen G. Kelly. Nat Resources & Envtl Admin L & Proc II 5-1(19) (Rocky Mt Min L Fdn 2004). Administrative politics and natural resources policy formation. John D. Leshy, Thomas L. Sansonetti. Nat Resources & Envtl Admin L & Proc 7-1(8) (Rocky Mt Min L Fdn 1999). Administrative practice and procedure before the IBLA - cases and recent developments.