Meier & Ryan on the Validity of Restraints on Alienation in an Oil and Gas Lease

Luke Meier (Baylor) & Rory Ryan (Baylor) have posted The Validity of Restraints on Alienation in an Oil and Gas Lease (Buffalo Law Review) on SSRN.  Here's the abstract:

This paper explains why a restraint on alienation within an oil and gas lease should be enforceable. The reasons that privately-imposed restraints on alienation are sometimes invalidated simply do not apply to a restraint within an oil and gas lease. Rather, the relationship created by an oil and gas lease justifies enforcement of restraint clauses that have been bargained for by the landowner.