George W. Hutchison Professor of Energy Law
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Bio
Professor Lowe has taught courses on oil and gas law and oil and gas contracts at SMU since 1987. A Maxwell Fellow in Malawi from 1966-69, he practiced law privately in Columbus, Ohio, 1970-75. He was a member of the faculty at the University of Toledo, with the rank of assistant and associate professor from 1975-78. He joined the faculty of the University of Tulsa in 1978, where he served as professor and associate director of the National Energy Law and Policy Institute. Professor Lowe has been a visiting professor at the University of Texas, a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Natural Resources Law at the University of Denver, and the Visiting Judge Leon Karelitz Chair of Oil and Gas Law at the University of New Mexico. He presently holds appointments as an Honorary Lecturer and Principal Researcher of the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law at the University of Dundee, Scotland, and as a Senior Fellow of the Faculty of Law of the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is also currently an International Legal Advisor for Iraq oil issues in the Commercial Law Development Program of the U. S. Department of Commerce. Lowe is a former Chair of the Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources Law of the American Bar Association and a former President of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. He is a member of the commercial panels of the American Arbitration Association, the CPR Institute of Dispute Resolution, and the International Chamber of Commerce, as well as an editor or author of many articles and books, including Cases & Materials on Oil & Gas Law, Oil & Gas Law in a Nutshell, Hemingway on Oil and Gas Law and Taxation, and International Petroleum Transactions.
Primary Articles
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THE LESSEE’S RIGHT TO FREE USE OF PRODUCED SUBSTANCES: NEW WINE IN OLD BOTTLES, 37 National Reserve Journal 729 (1997).
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Books
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HEMINGWAY’S HORNBOOK ON OIL AND GAS LAW AND TAXATION (4th Ed. West 2004)(with Professors Owen Anderson, John Dzienlowski, Robert Peroni, David Pierce, and Ernest Smith).
OIL AND GAS LAW FORMS MANUAL (4th Ed. West 2004).
SUMMERS OIL AND GAS LAW (West, Annual Cumulative Pocket Parts, 1998-2004).
KUNTZ, LAW OF OIL AND GAS (Lexis, Annual Cumulative Pocket Parts, 1995-2004).
WEST’S TEXAS FORMS, Vols. 6, 7 & 7A (West, Annual Cumulative Pocket Parts, 1992-2004).
WEST’S LEGAL FORMS, 3d ed., Vol. 28 (West, Annual Cumulative Pocket Parts, 1991-2004).
OIL AND GAS LAW IN A NUTSHELL (4th Ed. West 2003).
CASES AND MATERIALS ON OIL AND GAS LAW, (ISBN 0-314-26311-X, West Publishing Company, 4th ed. 2002) (with Professors Owen L. Anderson, Ernest Smith and David E. Pierce).
CASES AND MATERIALS ON OIL AND GAS LAW (ISBN 0-314-22640-0, West Publishing Company, 3d ed. 1998) (with Professors Owen L. Anderson, Ernest Smith and David E. Pierce).
OIL AND GAS FORMS MANUAL (3d ed. West Publishing Company 1998) (with Professors Eugene Kuntz, Owen L. Anderson, Ernest Smith and David E. Pierce).
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Speeches/Presentations
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Presented CLE paper, “The Implied Covenant to Market,” Dalworth Association of Division Order Analysts, Arlington, TX, October 2004.
Presented CLE paper, “The Implied Covenant to Market,” National Association of Royalty Owners Convention, Denver, CO, October 2004.
Presented one-week short course on International Oil and Gas Contracts at the University of Dundee, Scotland, May 2004.
Presented analysis of U.S./International Gas Trade to delegation of judges and government officials from Oman in Washington, D.C., May 2004.
Presented short course in Oil and Gas Law, Rocky Mountain Law Foundation, the Energy Law Institute and the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, Boulder, CO., October 2003.
Presented short course in Oil and Gas Law, Rocky Mountain Law Foundation, the Energy Law Institute and the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, Boulder, CO., October 2003.
Presented CLE paper, Interpreting the Royalty Obligation: The Role of Implied Covenants, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Denver, Co., September 2003.
Presented one-week short course on International Oil and Gas Contracts at the University of Dundee, Scotland, May 2003.
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Other
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TERRORISM AND ENERGY SECURITY, The Brief Magazine (Fall 2002).
INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM TRANSACTIONS (Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 2d ed. 2000) (with Professors Ernest Smith, John Dzienkowski, Owen Anderson, Bruce Kramer and Gary Conine).
RECENT SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTING FARMOUT AGREEMENTS, 50th Oil & Gas Institute 3-1 (Matthew Bender 1999).
Royalty Calculation in Texas, Ch. 3 in OIL AND GAS LAW FOR A NEW CENTURY: PRECEDENT AS PROLOGUE (Appendix to the Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Southwestern Legal Foundation, Matthew Bender, 1999).
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Curriculum Vitae
Education
B.A., 1963, Denison University
LL.B., 1966, Harvard University
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