This question usually is the first one on a mineral owner’s mind after a lease is signed and the bonus money paid. Sometimes, after a few...

This book, written by Daniel Yergin, was published in 1991. To say much has changed in the industry in the past 27 years would be a gross...

Chesapeake doesn’t have a stellar reputation with land owners and royalty owners, no matter how hard they try to massage it. They are...

Now is a great time to begin a career as an oil and gas land professional. It's also an excellent time to change jobs for better pay and...

Iran claims to completely control the Strait of Hormuz (T. Paraskova, oilprice.com, 8/29/2018). Saudi Arabia claims Iran cannot close the...

This week has been quite a rollercoaster ride. My adult children and I learned last weekend that when their father died in 2015 (we had...

Many of those newer to land administration aren’t acquainted with Alice Hoge and her website, landtraining.net. Those interested in...

The lease analyst is the employee at an oil company who monitors and maintains each oil and gas lease owned by the company. Companies own...

I found myself on the phone a while back with a landowner who struck up a conversation about so-called “legal advice” he had received...

It’s surprising how many court cases—Supreme Court cases, even—that literally turn on “a word.” The end of June, the Texas Supreme Court...

I’ve held off writing this week’s blog because Trump was scheduled to meet with a leader of the European Union, to tamp down the heat...

NAPE, for short. The American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL) and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA)...

They never cease to amaze me, experts. I stumbled across an article published last Friday, July 6, at https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-...

Oil rallied to $74.15 this week, the highest it’s been in over 3 years. Why? It has to do with Iran (again), according to Reuters in...

My best friend’s grandmother received monthly royalty checks for a time, while I was growing up. She lived with my best friend’s family...