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I am just in from the lake (Lavon, near Dallas) and a great afternoon/evening of fishing, boating, skiing, tubing and eating at the...

On Memorial Day, here in the good old USA, we honor and salute those who died while serving in the US Military. It originated as...

It was a long, long time ago, shortly after the advent of private property, that a landowner sold the surface of his land to a gentleman...

In highly competitive leasing situation there is a possibility that Company A and Company B each acquires a lease from the same mineral...

In spite of all kinds of modernization (from manual Royal typewriter with carbon paper to magic laptops that kick out leases and online...

Is it proper for the field landman to act as a notary and notarize a lease (after he has just negotiated the terms, drafted the document...

So just how do we do it? That is, how do we negotiate by listening, or exactly how do we listen? Your first reaction is more than likely...

Generally, we talk too much. And even when we don’t talk too much, we want to, we just can’t get the other guy to shut up. We do this...

This is not to imply that there is a bad side of the oil business as many people would insist. This is merely to talk about the good side...