As a Texas oil and gas attorney, I regularly get calls from folks who, long after they have signed an oil and gas lease, are upset with an oil and gas company for something the company is doing or not doing. In most cases, once we review the oil and…
As a Texas oil and gas attorney, I have viewed the “global warming” debate with growing alarm. When the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change (“IPCC”) initially issued its fourth report, I was concerned because the IPCC is made up primarily of politicians, not scientists. Next, I read the…
As a Texas oil and gas and real estate attorney, I have observed first hand how devasting this financial downturn has been for a number of my clients. Unfortunately, when our economy goes south, many people struggle to pay their bills, simply because there is not enough money to go…
Texas oil and gas attorneys and mineral owners may see more leasing activity in 2010 in the Eagle Ford Shale, a field in southern Texas that oil and gas companies have known about for some time, but that is just now being explored. The field is named after the city…
As a Texas oil and gas attorney, I have observed that it has been a slow year so far for leasing and drilling activity. But some experts are predicting a change on the horizon for 2010. An article this morning by Jamaal O’Neal in the Longview-Journal.com quotes Professor Ken Morgan,…
As a Texas oil and gas attorney for many years, I have seen many booms come and go. During a “boom” period, prices for oil and gas increase. The increase in prices encourages exploration of new sources of oil and gas and development of existing sources. Mineral owners tend to…
As lawyers in Texas are well aware, there is a lot of construction of high voltage transmission lines (“HVTLs”) going on in Texas as well as in other parts of the United States. Research by electricity providers shows that they may lack capacity for the future demand, and so the…
Any Texas oil and gas attorney who has practiced for any length of time has been through the cycle many times: oil prices go up, and leasing and drilling activity increases. Oil and gas prices decline, and many oil and gas companies pull back on their leasing and drilling efforts.…
Part of what I do for clients as a Texas oil and gas attorney is to calculate oil and gas royalties so that they can be sure they are being paid correctly. I thought it might be useful to you to explain how an ownership percentage and royalty are calculated.…
As oil and gas lawyers in Texas are well aware, there is a lot of pipeline construction going on in Texas as well as in other parts of the United States. I had a fascinating conversation not long ago with Victoria Myers, Senior Editor for The Progressive Farmer Magazine. If…