Our firm is experienced in dealing with landmen and operators. If you are a landowner who has been approached with an offer to lease your property for oil and gas exploration, please reach out to our firm. See Christopher Ricks’ experience in the industry here.
Oil & Gas
Our transactional services will include:
Oil and gas lease review and drafting
Lease bonus, lease royalty, damages, shut-in royalty, delay rental, pooling, cost-free or reduced royalty negotiations
Easement & right of way drafting, representation, negotiation
Title opinion review and drafting
Mineral ownership report review and drafting
Production audits
Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) compliance audits
Environmental audits and negotiation
Seismic permit and lease option negotiation, review, drafting
Division order review and ratification review
Salt water disposal well negotiation and document review
Water sale and lease agreement negotiation and drafting for operator use in the production of oil and gas
Our contested issue services will include:
Oil and gas lease breach of contract litigation and negotiation
Trespass issues (on-site and sub-surface)
Surface damages/business damages/environmental damages
Litigation of post-production costs and the “cost-free” royalty
Co-tenant accounting
Divided interest dispute
Fraud, conversion, negligent misrepresentation, slander of title, trespass to try title, nuisance, breach of warranties express or implied, tortious interference with a contract
“I must say as to what I have seen of Texas, it is the garden spot of the world. The best land, the best prospects for health I ever saw, and I do believe it is a fortune to any man to come here. There is a world of country here to settle. ”
