Oil, Gas & Energy Law

At Geary, Porter & Donovan, P.C., lawyers in our oil and gas and energy law group represent the following:

• Independent and privately owned exploration and development companies in banking and investment transactions
• Clients in transactions to acquire oil and gas drilling rights
• Clients in exploration, development and marketing of oil, natural gas, coalbed methane gas, and methane gas from shale formations
• Clients in forming startup companies
• Clients in the acquisition and sale of producing and non-producing oil and gas properties
• Clients in the purchase and sale of companies engaged in oil and natural gas exploration and development
• Service companies to the oil and gas industry, including conventional drilling and directional drilling contractors
• Land and mineral owners in negotiations for the leasing of oil and gas development rights
• Clients in litigation over the payment of royalties and other title, lease and environmental compliance issues
• Clients engaged in the acquisition, development and sale of private fee land and state, federal, and Native American tribal lands

Bruce Claycombe has been listed as a natural resources attorney in the Best Lawyers in America publication (Woodward White, Inc. 2005-2015).

Nationwide Gas & Oil Legal Representation

We have represented our clients in Texas and, through a network of attorneys situated in other jurisdictions, have represented clients in virtually every oil and gas producing state in the United States and in Canada.