Professor Kulander is an experienced legal scholar, teacher, and practitioner. He leads Oliva Gibbs’ internal education and leadership initiative, Oliva Gibbs University (OGU). Professor Kulander also serves as the Director of the Oil & Gas Law Institute at the South Texas College of Law – Houston, where he teaches energy and property law courses.
Prior to teaching, Professor Kulander worked full-time at law firms in Houston and Midland, focusing on energy lending, finance, oil and gas title and leasing, and bankruptcy matters.
Professor Kulander is committed to cultivating innovation and education amongst the next generation of legal professionals, especially in the dynamic landscape of oil and gas law. He has published extensively in the fields of oil and gas law, land use control, American Indian law, and geology and petroleum seismology.
Publications
- The Executive Right to Lease in Texas and Louisiana, Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section Report, State Bar of Texas, Vol. 45, No. 1 (2021)
- Political & Economic Feasibility of Contracted American Liquefied Natural Gas for Energy Security in Poland & the Baltic States—Can the American Government Help? Białostockie Studia Prawnicze (Bialystok Legal Studies Journal—Poland) Vol. 25 (2020) Updated version published in CURRENTS: JIEL 25.1 at page 8 (2022)
- From Downton Abbey to Dallas: the Rule Against Perpetuities and Oil & Gas Properties in Texas, Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section Report, State Bar of Texas, Vol.44, No. 1 (2020)
Speaking Engagements
- Permian Basin Special Institute, May 25-26, 2023, Santa Fe, NM, Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (Presentation and paper title: “Hit with Both Barrels – Key Oil & Gas Royalty Issues in the Permian Basin”)
- 74th Annual Energy Law Conference, Feb. 16, 2023, Houston, Institute for Energy Law (Presentation and paper title: “2022 Energy Law Case Law Update”)
- 39th Annual Oil and Gas Law Annual Short Course, Oct. 18, 2022, Houston, Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (Presentation titles: “The Royalty Obligation” and “Division Orders and Check Stub Statutes”)
- Advanced Oil Gas & Energy Resources Law Course, Oct 12-13, 2022, Houston, Texas State Bar CLE (Presentation and paper title: “The Rule Against Perpetuities in Transactional Energy Law Contexts”)
- 48th Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute and Fundamentals, Apr. 21, 2022, Houston, UT Law CLE (Presentation title: “JOA Basics and Pitfalls: Structure and Litigation Hotspots”)
- 24th Annual Permian Basin Oil & Gas Law Seminar, Mar. 11, 2022, Midland, TX, Live Oak CLE (Presentation title: “Who Has to Produce?”)
- 20th Annual Energy Litigation Conference, Nov. 3, 2021, Houston, Institute for Energy Law (Presentation title: “Hydraulic Fracturing and Subsurface Trespass”)
- 38th Annual Oil and Gas Law Annual Short Course, Oct. 19, 2021, Denver, Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (Presentation titles: “The Royalty Obligation” and “Division Orders and Check Stub Statutes”)
- 47th Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute and Fundamentals, Mar. 25, 2021, Austin, UT Law CLE (Presentation title: “The Oil & Gas Lease, Part IV: Other Clauses”)
- 67th LSU Mineral Law Institute, Sep. 11, 2020, Baton Rouge, LSU Law (Presentation and paper title: “The Executive Right to Lease in Texas and Louisiana”)
- Oil Gas & Mineral Titles Examination Course, Jun. 18-19, 2020, Houston, Texas State Bar CLE (Presentation title: “Fixed vs. Floating Non-participating Royalty Interests”)
- 22nd Annual Permian Basin Oil & Gas Law Seminar, Mar. 6, 2020, Midland, TX, Live Oak CLE (Presentation title: “Ratification of Oil and Gas Leases by Royalty Interests in Texas”)
- Oil and Gas Disputes, Jan. 9-10, 2020, Houston, Texas State Bar CLE (Presentation title: “The Rule Against Perpetuities”)
