Schexnaydre Law Firm is extensively involved in the oil and gas development industry in South Louisiana, East Texas, West Texas’s Permian Basin, and South Texas’s Eagle Ford Shale. Our attorneys provide high-quality transactional services and litigation support, and the oil and gas business is a primary focus of our firm’s legal practice.
We represent large and small oil companies, independent producers and operators, and landowners in practically all areas of energy operations, including:
Drafting and negotiating oil and gas leases
Drafting and negotiating AAPL-610 operating agreements
Drafting and negotiating IADC drilling contracts
Drafting and negotiating Private Placement Memoranda
Negotiating the sale of a multi-million dollar oil and gas property in the Permian Basin
Analyzing the use of Volumetric Production Payments
Assignments and acquisitions
Farmout, operating and unit agreements
Partnership agreements
Surface use agreements
Title disputes
Breach of contractand business torts
Drainage and development disputes
Disputes over document interpretations
Environmental disputes
With our wealth of experience and contacts in the oil and gas industry, we are able to represent energy industry clients in every phase of energy-related transactions and litigation.
Representation of upstream and downstream oil companies in contractual, regulatory and joint operating agreements; acquisitions; financial matters; SEC compliance; divestitures; and civil and criminal litigation
Representation of an oil and gas exploration and production company in the acquisition of an 11-well, $15 million oil well and SWD package in three counties in West Texas in the Permian Basin
Representation of an international oilfield supplies broker in breach of contract litigation regarding oil and gas transactions in the Russian Federation
Representation of a Fortune 100 oilfield X-ray equipment manufacturer in products liability litigation
Representation of an oil and gas exploration and production company in litigation against a former operator for breach of contract and fraud for top leasing and intentionally causing the primary lease to lapse
Representation of an oil and gas operating company in a Section 363 purchase of oil and gas properties out of United States Bankruptcy Court in Ft. Worth, Texas
Representation of an oil and gas exploration and production company as a stalking horse bidder for gas wells from a debtor-in-possession company in United States Bankruptcy Court in New Orleans, Louisiana
Representation of the seller of an oil and gas exploration and production company to a foreign corporation while retaining royalty interests in numerous fields for the seller
Representation of a buyer/seller of D6 and other fossil fuels to and from international producers and refineries
Representation of an oil and gas exploration and production company in the purchase of oil and gas properties in East Texas
Representation of an oil and gas operating company in the operation of oil and gas properties in south Louisiana
Representation of an oil and gas operating company in workover operations of oil and gas properties in south Louisiana
Representation of an oil and gas operating company before the Louisiana DEQ for alleged unlawful discharge of oil and saltwater
Representation of an oil and gas professional in breach of contract litigation against former co-owners of oil and gas properties in Louisiana and Mississippi
Representation of an oil and gas exploration and production company in the evaluation of a potential acquisition of a multi-million dollar oil and gas package in the Bakken Shale
Representation of an oil and gas exploration and production company in the evaluation of a potential acquisition of a $1.2 million oil and gas package in Jackson County, Texas
Preparation and recording of oil and gas lease assignments in Dawson, Martin and Terry counties in the Permian Basin in West Texas
Representation of a major oil company in numerous cases involving offshore oil platform litigation
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