Houston Oil & Gas Lawyer

Comprehensive Legal Solutions for Texas Oil & Gas Operations

The stakes in any case involving oil and gas rights or interests are high. Ensuring that your contracts grant your business surface, mineral, or other leasing rights while protecting you in any potential litigation requires the work of a seasoned oil and gas attorney. Choosing the proper counsel to help you through the process can make all the difference. When your financial outlook relies on the quality of your legal counsel, you can't afford anything less than experienced advice.

At Hendershot Cowart P.C., our lawyers are experienced, dedicated legal allies to property owners, oil and gas operators, contractors, and other entities who depend on proven counsel to guide them efficiently through disputes and issues common to the oil and gas sector. Our lawyers have achieved a track record of success and a reputation for exceeding expectations.

Here's Why Clients Choose Us:

• Our legal team draws from over 150 years of combined experience.
• Our case strategy focuses on preparation, decisive action, and professionalism.
• We have extensive experience with contracts, negotiations, and dispute resolution.
• We value our relationship with clients and work fiercely to protect their rights.

Call Hendershot Cowart P.C. today at (713) 783-3110 or contact us online to schedule a meeting with our oil & gas attorney in Houston!

Protecting Property Owners and Companies in Complex Texas Oil & Gas Agreements 

Because oil and gas extraction is highly technical, contracts are often very complex, requiring a thorough review by an experienced lawyer. Property owners, in particular, may not understand the rights they are granting to companies, so obtaining qualified legal counsel to explain rights and obligations is especially important.

Our Firm Routinely Handles:

• Exploration agreements
• Production agreements
• Participation agreements
• Farm-out agreements
• Oilfield service agreements
• Equipment contracts
• Manufacturing contracts
• Workover contracts

We know both sides in any legal agreement are better off when there is a clear understanding of the terms and how each party stands to benefit. We work to ensure that the terms of any oil and gas contract are evident between the parties and as favorable to our clients as possible, providing them with maximum long-term financial benefit with minimal legal risk.

Our Approach to Delivering Favorable Results

Given the significant financial interests involved in any oil and gas transaction, it is inevitable that disagreements among landowners, drilling operators, and suppliers will sometimes result in formal legal action. While our firm works to minimize our clients' exposure to litigation, we also understand that events sometimes out of the control of both parties can lead to legal disputes.

From day one, having an aggressive business litigation strategy can mean successfully resolving a disagreement that would otherwise require the parties to spend unwanted time, money, and other resources.

Oil and gas contracts typically contain many provisions relating to specific aspects of the drilling and transportation process. These can include guarantees of environmental protections, restoration of land once drilling activities have terminated, and distribution of royalties. Any of these can become the center of disputes between parties in a contract. We handle contracts involving workovers, production agreements, service contracts, and joint ventures.

To resolve disputes favorably, a lawyer must have experience interpreting and arguing the language of oil and gas contracts from both sides of a case. We have represented clients from all areas of the state's oil and gas industry. We understand the lay of the land, and thanks to our familiarity with this area of practice, we can immediately begin developing arguments in a client's favor.

As with any other area of business law, contract litigation is seldom the only option available to parties seeking to resolve disputes. Many oil and gas contracts contain provisions that allow for mediation in the event of a disagreement or require parties to submit to binding arbitration. This means your legal counsel should be equally capable of advocating in these alternative dispute resolution processes and arguing in court before a judge and jury.

Our attorneys offer decades of combined experience resolving legal claims through litigation, arbitration, and mediation. While many advocacy techniques apply in all situations, only an experienced arbitration or mediation attorney understands firsthand how these processes unfold and how they can be used to a client's advantage. This is especially important in arbitration, where parties have only one opportunity to present their case to an arbitrator, who makes a binding decision.

Contact Our Houston Oil & Gas Attorney Today

Houston and Texas's oil and gas industry is big business, period. Our firm provides the legal counsel you need so that whichever side of a business transaction you are on, you reap the benefits of this vital industry.

Contact Hendershot Cowart P.C. today by calling (713) 783-3110 to schedule a meeting with our oil & gas lawyer in Houston!