This 1-day workshop provides the most practical, applicable, hands-on instruction available for those who administer the oil and gas lease and whose jobs are affected by the lease.  The class will deal with several lease clauses including: the granting clause, habendum clause, pugh clause, force majeure clause, operations clause, shut-in clause and rental clause.

This is a basic-to-intermediate level workshop and will greatly benefit lease administrators, landmen, land associates, paralegals, and all land administration professionals.

Even those who have been doing oil and gas calculations for years would agree that calculating interests can sometimes be confusing.

This workshop is not only fun and creative; it is also insightful and full of hands-on oil and gas issues that can be mastered. 

Each attendee will experience more than a math class; they will become involved in telling each of the interest owner’s stories with numbers. They will leave with a fuller understanding of the rules related to title conveyances, burdens, net revenue interests, overriding royalty interests, farmouts, payouts, and non-c

This is perhaps the best training class available for those wanting to experience the fundamentals of Petroleum Land Management. 

Topics include: the body and clauses of the lease; calculating net mineral interests; GWI, NRI, RI, ORRI, and Unit calculations; Mineral, Surface, and Royalty ownership; Rules for Transferring Title; Legal Descriptions; Farmouts;

Students will learn the law governing oil and gas ownership, development, marketing, and transfer. The oil and gas industry uses a number of unique contractual arrangements to explore for, develop, produce, and market oil and gas. This course includes a good overview of key clauses of the oil and gas lease and examines the law governing farmouts, purchase and sale agreements, operating agreements, drilling contracts, sales contracts, pooling and unitization agreements.

One of the goals of every drilling project is to successfully proceed without any major title surprises.  Understanding the critical impact of curing title is priceless in achieving that goal and knowing how to cure these issues is vital for every land professional.  This detailed packed workshop offers the tools necessary to do just that!

This is a basic-to-intermediate level workshop and will greatly benefit attorneys, landmen, paralegals, and all land administration professionals.

This course focuses on what may be the most common agreement for upstream oil and gas operations. The class will look at the history of the AAPL model form, its weaknesses and how to avoid problems with its use.  Discussion will deal with the operator, joint operations, relationship & duties to non operators, what happens when interests are lost, drilling & development, how interests are calculated, preferential rights, liabilities of the parties, non-consent, and other risk management issues. 

This interactive course provides a detailed look at creating and negotiating farmout agreements and the vital components and provisions that set the Farmout apart from every other oil & gas contract. Specific topics and issues include: what the farmor is giving up, what the farmee must do to earn, the specific "strings" attached,  limitations as to depth or formation, drilling requirements, “back-in” provisions, and whether the Farmout created a “carried interest.” 

This one-day class covers crucial information for the land professional dealing with several critical title issues and conveyances that impact how oil and gas interests are calculated and maintained.  The class will focus on non-participating royalty and its peculiarities; Joint Tenants, Tenants in Common and Tenants by the Entirety; Life Estates and Usufructs, Strangers in Title; after acquired title; the Duhig Rule and the rule related to interest conveyed vs, land described; descent & distribution; and term mineral conveyances.

Contracts are the heart and soul of the oil and gas industry and this 1-day interactive course focuses on several of the most important that impact the jobs of land and land administration professionals.   Group exercises help demonstrate why and when contracts are used and the challenges they may pose.  This workshop highlights specific features and characteristics of  AMI’s, Joint Venture Agreements, Surface Agreements, Seismic Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements, Participation Agreements and financial agreements that create a Production Payment. This practical, hands-on class will provide an understanding of contract law and is designed for all oil & gas professionals who work either directly or indirectly with contracts.