California Oil and Gas Law

Robert A. James, a partner in the law firm’s Energy industry team, authored this chapter in the latest publication of The Oil and Gas Law Review. Rob, with extensive contributions by Pillsbury environmental partners Margaret Rosegay and Norman Carlin, describes the general principles for exploration and production of oil and gas in California and the complex commercial, land use and environmental regulations applicable to operations in the Golden State. A special focus is on the debate over the expansion of hydraulic fracturing to access additional quantities of hydrocarbons in the Monterey Shale.