John R. Hays, Jr. 

SPEECHES, CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, AND PUBLICATIONS

Intrastate Pipelines, Intrastate Gas, and Emergency Allocation Authorities; Intrastate Natural Gas Regulation Conference, Executive Enterprises, Houston, Texas April 24-25, 1980.

Gas Pipelines, NGPA Filings, and Public Utilities; State Bar of Texas, Oil and Gas Institute, October 1982.

Ratable Take, Market Out Considerations, and Railroad Commission Response, Including Take or Pay; (with Frank Douglass), 10th Annual Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Institute, March 23, 1984.

On the Cutting Edge: Intrastate Gas Transactions in an Era of Diversity; Models in the Decision-making Process: Planning under Uncertainty, Brookhaven National Laboratory, August 26-29, 1984.

Overview of State and Federal Regulatory Schemes, or an Integrated National Market for Natural Gas is Not Yet Here; Federal Energy Bar Association, Mid-Year Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 10-11, 1985.

Ratable Take, Take-or-Pay, Unilateral Price Adjustments, and Unilateral Market Out; State Bar Oil & Gas Institute, Professional Development Program: Suing, Defending and Negotiating with Oil and Gas Producers, April 1985.

Ratable Take Law and Regulation; The Oil Daily & Natural Gas Week, A Symposium on Natural Gas Issues for 1985, "Strategies for the Industry in Transition." September 30 - October 1, 1985, Houston, Texas.

The New FERC Transportation Rules and FERC Order No. 436; Permian Basin Petroleum Association, October 24, 1985, Midland, Texas.

Changes in Interstate Transportation - New Rates, New Access for Producers and Other Shippers; Southwestern Legal Foundation, "Natural Gas Regulation Short Course." December 9, 1985, Dallas, Texas.

Real Property and Contract Concepts Governing the Right to Market Natural Gas; American Bar Association Section of Natural Resources Law, Seminar and Workshop on Ratable Take and Take or Pay Problems and Issues. July 8, 1986, Dallas, Texas.

Living with Regulations; The Latest Developments in Gas Pipeline and Gas Processing Accounting and Reporting Conference, Executive Enterprises, Houston, Texas, October 7-8, 1986.

Regulation Update; The Impact of the Spot Market on Gas Control, Production Planning and Gas Accounting, Executive Enterprises, Inc., Houston, Texas April 21-22, 1987 and San Francisco, California May 18-19, 1987.

Railroad Commission Regulation and the Oil and Gas Practitioner; Advanced Oil & Gas Short Course, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas June 4-5, 1987.

State Regulatory Developments Affecting Gas Marketing; Advanced Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Course, State Bar of Texas, Austin, Texas September 17-18, 1987.

Drafting Marketing Contracts - A Walk-through of a Contract Document; Natural Gas Market Planning Course, Significant New Factors in Pricing, Regulations, Contracts and Transportation, Executive Enterprises, Inc., Houston, Texas, February 3-4, 1988.

FERC Orders 436, 451, 490 & 500: The Producers’ Perspective; Interstate Oil Compact Commission, Legal Committee, Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 20, 1988.

Railroad Commission Regulation and the Oil and Gas Industry; Advanced Oil & Gas Short Course, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas January 25-26, 1990; New Orleans, Louisiana, February 1 - 2, 1990.

Natural Gas Regulation: The Basic Framework; Understanding the 1990 Natural Gas Industry. Chicago, Illinois April 23-24, 1990; Denver, Colorado May 7-8, 1990; Houston, Texas June 7-8, 1990.

Horizontal Drilling and the Texas Railroad Commission: New Challenges for Conservation Regulation. Houston Association of Petroleum Landmen, University of Houston - Downtown, September 8, 1990.

Natural Gas Regulation: The Basic Framework; Understanding the 1991 Natural Gas Industry. Chicago, Illinois October 15-16, 1990; Denver, Colorado November 13-14, 1990; Houston, Texas, December 6-7, 1990.

Producers: Their Business and Regulation; Understanding the 1991 Natural Gas Industry. Chicago, Illinois October 15-16, 1990; Denver, Colorado November 13-14, 1990; Houston, Texas December 6-7, 1990.

Wellhead to Burnertip; Understanding the 1991 Natural Gas Industry. Chicago, Illinois October 15-16, 1990; Denver, Colorado November 13-14, 1990; Houston, Texas December 6-7, 1990.

Contracts and Regulation: How They Fit and Don’t Fit Together; Understanding the 1991 Natural Gas Industry. Chicago Illinois October 15-16, 1990; Denver, Colorado November 13-14, 1990; Houston, Texas December 6-7, 1990.

How to Stay Informed; Understanding the 1991 Natural Gas Industry. Chicago, Illinois, October 15-16, 1990; Denver, Colorado November 13-14, 1990; Houston, Texas December 6-7, 1990.

Railroad Commission Regulation and the Oil and Gas Industry; Advanced Oil & Gas Short Course, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas January 24-25, 1991; New Orleans, Louisiana, January 31 - February 1, 1991.

Gas Prorationing in Texas; New Rules, Old Rules, and how They Work; Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association, Dallas, Texas July 30-31, 1992.

Railroad Commission Regulation and the Oil and Gas Industry; Advanced Oil & Gas Short Course, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, January 21-22, 1993.

To Cross a Lease Line: Trespass, Regulatory, and Practical Issues Raised by the Fracture Stimulation of Oil and Gas Wells; South Texas College of Law, Advanced Oil & Gas Law Institute, Houston, Texas, July 22-23, 1993.

Railroad Commission Regulation and the Oil and Gas Industry; Advanced Oil & Gas Short Course, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, February 2-3, 1995; Dallas Texas, February 9-10, 1995.

Oil & Gas Sales and Acquisitions: (Sometimes Overlooked) Regulatory Considerations; South Texas College of Law, Advanced Oil & Gas Institute, Houston, Texas August 24-25, 1995.

Railroad Commission Regulation and the Oil and Gas Industry; Advanced Oil & Gas Short Course, University of Houston Law Center, Dallas, Texas, February 1-2, 1996; Houston Texas, February 8-9, 1996.

Oil and Gas Sales and Acquisitions; (Sometimes Overlooked) Regulatory Considerations; Houston Association of Professional Landmen 27th Annual Technical Workshop, Houston, Texas, March 7, 1996.

Railroad Commission Regulation and the Oil and Gas Industry; Advanced Oil & Gas Short Course, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, January 23-24, 1997; Dallas, Texas, January 30-31, 1997.

The Regulation of Oil and Gas Pipelines in Texas; Advanced Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Course, State Bar of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, September 25-16, 1997.

Texas Railroad Commission: Effectively Representing Your Client Before the Commission; Advanced Oil and Gas Short Course, University of Houston Law Center, Dallas, Texas, January 29-30, 1998; Houston, Texas, February 5-6, 1998.

Moving the Gas to Market: The States Face the Issues of Gathering and Pipeline Access; Institute on Oil & Gas Law & Taxation, The Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas, February 12-13, 1998.

Texas Railroad Commission: Effectively Representing Your Client Before the Commission; Advanced Oil and Gas Short Course, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, January 28-29, 1999; Dallas, Texas, February 4-5, 1999.

Texas Railroad Commission: Effectively Representing Your Client Before the Commission; Advanced Oil and Gas Short Course, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, January 27-28, 2000; Dallas, Texas, February 3-4, 2000.

Oil, Gas Pipelines, and Pollution – From Royalty to Abandonment and Zero Allowables: Key things about the Railroad Commission that every practitioner should know; Second Annual West Texas Fall Seminar, Ector County Bar Association, Midland County Bar Association, Midland, Texas, September 29, 2000.

Texas Railroad Commission: Effectively Representing Your Client Before the Commission; Advanced Oil and Gas Short Course, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, February 1-2, 2001; Dallas, Texas, February 8-9, 2001.

Texas Railroad Commission: Effectively Representing Your Client Before the Commission; Advanced Oil and Gas Short Course, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, January 24-25, 2002; Dallas, Texas, January 31-February 1, 2002.

Gas Pipeline Regulation: From Flow Lines, to Gathering Lines, to Transmission Lines: Some Key Things Every Oil and Gas Lawyer Should Know; Oil, Gas & Mineral Section of the Travis Country Bar Association, Austin, Texas, October 9, 2002.

Texas Railroad Commission: Effectively Representing Your Client Before the Commission; Advanced Oil and Gas Short Course, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, January 30-31, 2003; Austin, Texas, February 13-14, 2003.

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Co-Author (with George L. Robertson, et al.), Buyer Beware. Evaluating Environmental Liabilities in Oil and Gas Transactions; PennWell Books (1995).

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