the frantic days ahead,” he says. John Lovell, partner with Lovell, Lovell, Newsom &
Isern, LLP, Amarillo, says an oil and gas company may use as much of the surface as they want to fi nd miner- als. “A lot of people fi nd that hard to believe,” he says. “But they will — unless you have some kind of SUA.” Lovell has worked on farms and ranches and cow-
boyed 5 years before attending law school. He has worked with landowners across the state and has ex- tensive experience with the Barnett Shale formation. He says ranchers should seek expertise in dealing with oil and gas companies. “Many landowners are horrifi ed at spending money
with a lawyer,” Lovell says. “But before they sign any oil and gas lease, they need to sit down and consider what interference those oil and gas activities will have on the surface use for a long time. But they’re often too anxious to get a bonus and lease and don’t take time to view long-term impact. They can’t be shortsighted. “For the most part, landowners need to understand
Ron Nickum, an Amarillo-based attorney who specializes in oil and gas leases.
that oil and gas companies usually don’t give a fl ip about what they do to the surface unless there is some contractual agreement.” Nickum is the closest thing to a cowboy lawyer
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