MINERAL RIGHTS LAW

The attorneys at Morgan Leeton, PC are the legal counsel to call on for all mineral rights matters for those in the oil and gas industry. Lease negotiating and documenting the lease and purchase and sale of mineral rights can be a complicated and timely process. Local expertise and experience is important. Our attorneys have up to 40 years of experience handling mineral, royalty, and lease transactions in the Permian Basin and throughout the entire United States.

Mineral rights are essential to ensure you have legal clearance to extract and use minerals that are found under a plot of land you own. These minerals typically include oil and gas, as well as coal. If you come into the good fortune of finding these minerals on your property, you need to call a mineral rights lawyer to ensure you can mine these materials. Morgan Leeton, PC is a mineral rights lawyer you can trust in Midland, TX; Odessa, TX; the Permian Basin, and the Delaware Basin. If disputes and lawsuits are necessary we can help to ensure your rights are protected. We will attempt to obtain a favorable outcome you deserve for your case.

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If you're a mineral owner, you may be wondering whether or not you need a lawyer to negotiate an oil and gas lease. Depending on how much experience you have in the industry, you should have a lawyer review your contractual agreement. Our mineral rights attorneys know the local market, have data outlining the average lease cost, and understand how to negotiate the best agreement. We'll also assess whether or not the party you're working with is reputable. Even though you may come to an agreement with the oil company on particular negotiation points, it may not read the same in the lease.

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