Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal (ONE J)

The Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal (ONE J) focuses on all facets of the energy and natural resources industry—including oil and gas, wind and other renewables, water, and agriculture. Since ONE J began operation in the spring of 2015, its student editorial boards have published over 4,100 pages of scholarly articles and case summaries. Students publish a new ONE J issue online four times a year.

According to statistics from Digital Commons, ONE J works have been downloaded over 56,875 times from 3,864 institutions in 164 countries since the journal’s founding. In the ‘Energy and Utilities Law Commons’ section of the Digital Commons site, five of the ten most popular articles for December 2017 came from ONE J. The readership for these works consists of scholars and practitioners around the world.

ONE J is the first peer-reviewed publication of its kind in the nation. The journal also hosts an annual symposium each spring.

Students at the College of Law are eligible to join ONE J during the summer before their 2L year. Rising 2L students may receive offers for membership based on either their performance in first-year classes or their written submissions during the annual law review writing competition. Rising 3L students and transfer students are also eligible for membership through the writing competition.

ONE J’s January 2021 issue is now available on the Current Issues page.  The issues features the following articles: "A Tribute to Nawzad Yasin and Others," by Owen L. Anderson , published in two parts; "Eureka! A Petroleum Transactions Guide That Delivers," by Norman Nadorff, a book review of International Petroleum Law and Transactions by Owen Anderson et al.; "Updated Guidance on Consent-to-Assign Provisions in Texas Oil and Gas Leases," by Jason E. Wright; "Brazilian Gas Market and Its Regulatory Overview," by Hirdan Katarina de Medeiros Costa, Karina Ninni Ramos, Israel Lacerda de Araujo, Paola Mercadante Petry, Owen Anderson, and Edmilson Moutinho dos Santos; "Intellectual Property and the Law of Fracking Fluid Disclosures: Tensions and Trends," by Cody B. Johnson; and "Yours, Mine, Our Water: Where Correlative Rights End and Taking Begins Following Texas House Bill 3246," by Charles P. Hosey. The issue also includes recent case summaries on topics within the ONE J fields. 

Editors serving on the ONE J editorial board for 2020-2021 are: Editor-in-Chief: Jake Ware; Managing Editor: Jared Plaudis; Case Editors: Will Dakil, Modupe Adamolekun, and Sam Moore; Articles Editors: John Sheldon, Joe Leatherwood, and Alyssa Poe; Submissions Editor: Cole Brown; and Symposium Coordinator: Spencer Gill.

Volume 6, issue 2 of ONE J was published in October. The issue features the 2020 Survey on Oil and Gas.  The Survey is a summary of oil-and-gas-related regulatory, judicial, and legislative developments covering twenty-six states, along with sovereign lands in the U.S.  It covers developments from August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2020. The attorneys of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC conducted the research and prepared the articles for this issue, with the editorial assistance of ONE J members and candidates.  The twenty-six Survey articles are available in PDF format at the Current Issues page. The October ssue also includes recent case summaries.

Jake Ware, Editor-in-Chief: Jake.B.Ware-1@ou.edu

Jared Plaudis, Managing Editor: Jared.S.Plaudis-1@ou.edu

Cole Brown, Submissions Editor: Cole.B.Brown-1@ou.edu

Phone: (405) 325-5191

ONE J’s regular mailing address is: ONE J: Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal, University of Oklahoma College of Law, 300 Timberdell Road, Norman, OK 73019