PDF copies of highlighted publications are available online; all other publications listed below are available upon request by contacting dtdeal@cox.net.

1. "Setting the Legal Framework: Beyond the Department of the Interior and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act," Federal Offshore Oil & Gas Leasing Short Course, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, January 26-28, 2009 (updated summary of 24 federal statutes and regulations).
   
   
   
2. "Overview of OCS Royalty Management," Federal Offshore Oil & Gas Leasing Short Course, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, January 26-28, 2009 (updated summary of OCS royalty management, including product valuation, royalty-in-kind, royalty relief).
   
   
   
3. "Dispute Resolution Among Private Parties," Federal Offshore Oil & Gas Leasing Short Course, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, January 26-28, 2009 (identification of factors bearing on choice of dispute resolution options).
   
   
   
4. " A Summary and Assessment of the Subcommittee on Royalty Management's December 2007 Final Report to the Department of the Interior's Royalty Policy Committee: Mineral Revenue Collection from Federal and Indian Lands and the Outer Continental Shelf," Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Journal, Vol. 45, No. 1(2008).
   
   
   
5. "Outer Continental Shelf Royalty Relief: Market Prices vs. Price Thresholds," American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Law Energy Newsletter, June 2008 (assessment of the then pending Kerr-McGee litigation affecting OCS royalty relief under the Deep Water Royalty Relief Act).
   
   
   
6. Testimony of David T. Deal, representing Department of the Interior Royalty Policy Committee, House of Representatives Subcomittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, "Getting Royalties Right," March 11, 2008.
   
   
   
7. "Mineral Revenue Collection from Federal and Indian Lands and the Outer Continental Shelf," Report to the Royalty Policy Committee, Subcommittee on Royalty Management, David T Deal et al., December 17, 2007.
   
   
   
8. "Are You Thinking Outside The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Box?", Proceedings of 59th Annual Oil and Gas Law Conference, Institute for Energy Law, February 21-22, 2008, Houston. (updated and expanded detailed summary of 20 key federal statutes and regulations (e.g., Coastal Zone Management Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Deep Water Port Act, Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Antiquities Act) affecting federal offshore oil and gas activity).
   
   
9. "Federal Royalty Management: Administrative & Judicial Update 2004-2006," Paper No.13, Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Royalty Valuation and Management, Special Institute, February 2007, Rocky Mt. Min. L. Fdn. 2007.
   
   
   
10. "Major Existing Restorative Justice Programs in Virginia and Maryland," August 9, 2007.
    
    
    
11. "Selected Materials on Ocean Policy," January 2005 (summary of Final Report of Ocean Commission, Executive Order 13366, and Council on Environmental Quality Action Plan).
    



12. "Federal Oil Valuation: Where Have We Been," Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Royalty Valuation & Management IV, Special Institute, February 2004, Rocky Mt. Min. L. Fdn. 2004 (detailed summary of developments affecting federal oil valuation with emphasis on post-1980 events: Linowes Commission, legislation, rulemaking, rulemaking).



13. "Federal Royalty Relief Overview and Forecast," paper presented at South Texas College of Law Energy Law Institute for Attorneys and Landmen, Houston, TX, September 7-8, 2006.



14. "Getting the Deal Through: Oil Regulation 2005," Contributing Editor, Global Competition Review, London.



15. "Getting the Deal Through: Oil Regulation 2004 - United States," Chapter 13, Global Competition Review, London.



16. "Getting the Deal Through: Gas Regulation 2004 - United States," Chapter 28, Global Competition Review, London.



17. "Mounting Fraud Claims in the Oil Patch Offer Lessons Elsewhere," January 2004 (unpublished manuscript), Chief Legal Executive.



18. "Mobile Source Fuels and Fuel Additives," Chapter 4, Clean Air Law & Regulation, Bureau of National Affairs, 1992.



19. "Motor Fuel Regulation in the 1990's," Natural Resources & Environment, Fall 1992.