We Handle Oil and Gas Matters Relating to Your Land and to Your Oil and Gas Rights

Marcellus & Utica Shale


We negotiate and draft leases, right of way agreements, surface use and sales agreements for Landowners. We also negotiate and draft leases and sales agreement for owners of oil and gas rights.

Owning land with oil and gas rights or owning rights to oil and gas presents unique and challenging opportunities.

Producers are leasing land across Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. Oil and gas companies and pipeline companies are seeking easements. A landman or oil and gas company may contact you about your oil and gas rights. You need to understand the documents that you are being asked to sign.

Leases, right of way agreements, surface use
and sales agreements will affect your rights.

Examples of what you may need to understand before singing are:

  • How your surface and oil and gas rights will be affected.
  • How your royalties will be calculated.
  • What the length of the primary term of the lease is.
  • How the producer may extend that term.
  • What the pooling and unitization provisions of the lease.
  • How do the pooling arrangements work.
  • Whether in addition to your oil and gas lease you can negotiate a separate right of way agreement and surface use agreement.
  • Whether you should warrant title.
  • Whether you should ask for an audit clause.
  • What you are buying or selling.
  • What the effects of the sales agreement are.

The attorneys at Rothman Gordon have years of experience representing landowners and the holders of oil and gas rights. We advise, negotiate, defend and litigate on your behalf. Do not sign any lease or other document without having an attorney review them

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Paul R. Yagelski Partner

Practice Areas:
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Phone: 412-338-1124

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Practice Areas:
Estates, Trusts & Taxation
Oil & Gas

Phone:412-338-1140

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Practice Areas:
Estates, Trusts & Taxation
Oil & Gas

Phone:412-338-1184

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Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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