Oil & Gas Leases: ‘Lessor's Consent Not Unreasonably Withheld'
- January 26, 2011 | By Alan D. Wenger | Oil & Gas
Many oil and gas leases appear to give the property owner a right to give or withhold prior consent to various actions that might be taken by a lessee. These would include the location of roads, pipelines, wells, or other…
If Asked to ‘Confirm' Existing Oil and Gas Lease, Beware
- January 26, 2011 | By Alan D. Wenger | Oil & Gas
Many lessors with existing leases have in recent months received requests from lessees to confirm, restate, reform, reestablish, clarify, grant “surface rights” (or other labels) as to their existing leases. Usually these existing leases are 2006 or later vintage, and…
Standard-Form Oil & Gas Leases Should Leave You Disturbed
- January 26, 2011 | By Alan D. Wenger | Oil & Gas
Anyone who has been presented a standard-form oil and gas lease, and reads it, should recognize how one-sided and biased the standard leases are in favor of the lessee drilling company. An apt acronym reflecting many of the ways the…