Breaking Ground

The content on Oil + Gas is meant to be informative and useful. It is gathered from several resources, all of which are authoritative on the process and procedures for brokering oil and gas leases. If you are a landowner who is negotiating the terms of a lease, this site will be particularly useful. The information is authored with you in mind, to acquaint you with legal terminology, contract rights, and royalty payments.

Articles will be continuously added as more research is conducted. Your comments and questions will help guide the progress of our updates. We want to meet your needs specifically and we encourage you to share your thoughts.

Articles will be continuously added as more research is conducted. Your comments and questions will help guide the progress of our updates. We want to meet your needs specifically and we encourage you to share your thoughts.

The articles available focus on terminology, explanation of lease components, description of stakeholders, royalties, and practices followed in a lease agreement - such as pooling. You will find that much of the content is interrelated, but differences in an oil lease and gas lease can be found. Articles have been grouped on our Oil and Gas pages, with a summary of the information. You can also subscribe to our RSS feed to receive updates as we continue to expand our knowledge base.