This book attempts to cover as comprehensively as possible those aspects of land ownership, transfer, and leasing that are necessary to a basic understanding for those interest in the petroleum industry. Fundamentals of Petroleum, its forerunner, provides the overview of the subject of petroleum, and Land and Leasing dips further into it by concentrating on one area. It is hoped that Land and Leasing will take the place alongside Fundamentals of Petroleum as a useful and practical source of information for those interested in its subject matter.