Wilhelm Law Firm

In case you have not heard, things are bad! The world faces a pandemic, the bottom has fallen out of the stock market, and the price of oil is headed to zero...

Well, the price of oil is up a "bit" today. Here is a good reminder when drafting those "nasty" indemnity clauses: In every purchase and sale agreement, the...

In today's disrupted oil and gas industry, expect to see a number of "emergency" business transactions. Our abilities to be effective in our negotiations ma...

Oil and gas title examinations are tough – and recent Texas Supreme Court and appellate court decisions on the construction of old royalty conveyances and re...

Apparently, at least the staff of the Railroad Commission is taking an unduly restrictive view on Texas Rule 37. This Rule provides that, without notice and ...

Generally speaking, post-production costs are the expenses incurred in order to get natural gas from the wellhead to market. These costs include gathering, c...

Edward Wilhelm and I had the opportunity to make a presentation at the Ark-La-Tex annual landman conference late last month in Shreveport. By the way, the A...

If you are looking to purchase oil and gas properties, you can safely assume that, prior to entering into negotiations, you will be required to into an agree...

In Murphy Expl. & Prod. Co. - U.S. v. Adams, 560 S.W.3d 105 (Tex. 2018), a divided Supreme Court held that an offset well clause did not require an operator...

A partner in a large, international law firm proudly advertises that she assisted a client in the acquisition of an oil-field in the Permian Basin. The lawye...

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Orca Assets G.P., L.L.C., 546 S.W.3d 648 (Tex. 2018) is another reminder that operators are expected to perform due diligence be...

The Supreme Court refused certiorari in Devon Energy Prod. Co. v. Apache Corp., 550 S.W.3d 59 (Tex. Civ. App.-Eastland, 2018) in a case that is, remarkably, ...

Although most of my practice revolves around oil and gas operators, over the years I have had the pleasure of representing a number of oil and gas landowners...

Ultimately, every sale of an oil and gas property involves the transfer of a real estate interest. And, ultimately, the conveyance document(s) (deed or deeds...

In case you haven't noticed, the price of oil has fluctuated tremendously in the last couple of years. In 2015, 67 oil and gas companies declared bankruptcy,...

The age of horizontal wells has revitalized the great Texas oil and gas industry. However, it is arguably an “open issue” as to how revenues from horizontal w...

There are currently over 1,400 drilled but uncompleted oil and gas wells in the Eagle Ford shale alone. There are almost 1,000 DUCs in North Dakota alone. In...