Oil and gas law in the United States is the branch of law that pertains to the acquisition and ownership rights in oil and gas both under the soil before discovery and after its capture, and adjudication regarding those rights.
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The barges drift
With the turning tide”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
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—D.H. (David Herbert)
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