Williams & Meyers, Oil and Gas Law Abridged Edition is a one-volume abridgment of the eight-volume Williams & Meyers treatise on oil and gas law. It is designed to make available to persons concerned with the oil and gas industry—lawyers, landmen (oil company employees who manage the company's relations with its landowners), engineers, investors, legislators and other government officials—a general survey of the law governing the transfer, leasing, and development of oil and gas interests in the United States. Many of the lengthy discussions found in the treatise have been abbreviated so the reader is not “bogged down” by excessive detail; in addition, footnotes have been kept to a minimum. The abridged edition offers expert guidance on:
