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…
As a Texas oil and gas attorney, one of the things I do often, and really enjoy, is assisting people in locating oil and gas royalties due to them from old oil and gas leases signed by their ancestors. In a previous blog here, I discussed how these royalties get…
As a Texas oil and gas attorney, I negotiate a large number of oil and gas pipeline easements and rights-of-way throughout Texas, as well as easements for other types of utility lines. While the landowner and I may not get everything we want in the negotiated agreement, it is almost…
As Texas oil and gas attorneys know, each year, probably hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions, of dollars in oil and gas royalties from wells produced in Texas are lost to their rightful owners through a process called escheat. Specifically, when oil and gas companies cannot find the correct owner…
Texas real estate attorneys who practice residential real estate law in Texas will want to be sure to tell their clients about a new tax credit available to first time home buyers. As part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, first time home buyers get a credit…
As a Texas oil and gas attorney, I have occasion to review and negotiate many oil and gas leases in Texas for clients all over the United States (hopefully before the lease has been signed). However, having an attorney review a pipeline easement is every bit as important. Here are…
As a real estate attorney representing clients all over the world in connection with their real estate interests in Texas, I am naturally following the current economic challenges and their impact on Texas real estate very closely. Dr. Mark Dotzour, with the Texas A & M Real Estate Center, was…
As an oil and gas attorney representing clients throughout Texas, I have had many occasions to draft an assignment of one party’s interest in a well or a joint operating agreement to another, such as when a well is sold and the first operator’s rights under the operating agreement are…
As an oil and gas attorney representing clients from all over Texas and from all over the world who have land in Texas, I have been getting quite a number of calls from people who signed a document before consulting an attorney and have lived to regret it, I’m sorry…
As a Texas oil and gas attorney representing clients from all over the country with oil and gas leases in Texas, I am continually amazed at how many people sign an oil and gas lease without reading it!My flight instructor used to have a rule he would use when I…