No, it does not, ever. The full OGML an owner signs is the contract that is enforceable, not the Memorandum. It is very common today for oil companies to rec...

From time to time, people unfamiliar with the oil and gas industry, but familiar with the stories of Rockefeller, Hughes, Hunt, Getty, and other famous oilme...

Drawing from several sources for reliable data, including the U.S. IEA, the overall consensus has natural gas and crude oil prices continuing to stagnate unt...

After a hiatus, the Oil Patch Press blog has returned, and has a lot of catching-up to do. On November 10, Iran announced they had found a new 53-billion-bar...

What could the attack on the Saudi production facilities mean for oil and gas professionals, and for landowners who rely on royalty checks? Every news and op...

You received a division order in the mail from a company and try as you might, you can’t figure out how they came up with the decimal credited to you in it. ...

So, just what do division order analysts do? They are the company employee who determines who gets paid revenues from oil and gas wells in my area, when and ...

Another important qualification listed in most entry-level lease analyst job descriptions that can be learned without experience is knowledge of systems and ...

This is a very frustrating experience for any royalty owner. You’ve learned that XYZ Company has drilled and completed a horizontal well and formed a pooled ...

After learning the Microsoft Office Suite, gaining experience in this next job qualification is fairly easy. No previous office job is required, but you nee...

So, you know someone who works as an oil and gas lease analyst, have learned how challenging and rewarding the work is, and was told the salaries are high, s...

Evidently, investors and consumer markets (power plants, etc.) were too optimistic earlier this year, expecting the U.S. to have a prolonged heat wave this s...

Check out the newest additions to our Bookstore: Oklahoma Corporation Commission: How to Find Information for Wells on Your Property, by Marsha Breazeale, M....

Dear Self, Today is the first day in a long journey for you in a career you don’t comprehend yet. You will learn that you will be forced to weather some very...

Every oil company I’ve ever worked for has routinely paid unclaimed royalties for an account usually title, “Unknown Owners” or some variation of that monike...

This is one of the most frustrating experiences for a mineral rights owner or a royalty owner. They are being paid by two (or more) different companies, so t...

One. Always look for new information in the areas of oil and gas industry legal issues. Save as favorites websites such as www.oilandgaslawyerblog.com, http...

When the decimal on your check for a gas well does not match the decimal on the division order you signed—or that you received but never signed, if your land...

Every major paper in America (and the world, perhaps) will provide the most current details of Anadarko’s decision to terminate their agreement with Chevron ...

An article appearing in the Bloomberg website on April 24, 2019 (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-23/trump-jones-act-natural-gas) updates the ...