Oil and Gas Law Group

OIL & GAS LAW GROUP

Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton LLP
1000 Town Center Drive
Sixth Floor
Oxnard, California 93036

[T] (805) 485-1000
[F] (805) 988-8387

Overview

The Oil and Gas Law Group of Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton LLP provides a wide range of services to its clients in the energy business. Employment in the oil and gas industry prior to entering the private practice of law has helped Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton attorneys in representing its oil and gas clients. The firm has been involved in negotiating the sale of significant plays, farm-outs, farm-ins, leases and the sale of mature oil-producing properties. Some members of the group are also members of the Litigation Group and have extensive experience in oil and gas litigation. Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton LLP is one of the few firms in California that will render title opinions on oil and gas properties. Many title companies decline to do this.

Oil companies and related oil-service industries face a wide range of hazardous waste-related concerns, including regulatory compliance, site assessment and transactional issues. Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton LLP provides experienced representation to its oil and gas clients.

Case Illustrations

These are typical of matters in which the attorneys in the Oil and Gas Law Group have been involved in recent years:

  • Successfully negotiated and completed a sale of producing properties in the Rincon field
  • Rendered title opinions on many thousands of acres of property to be acquired or previously acquired under oil and gas leases
  • Completed a due diligence investigation of title to all oil and gas leases in connection with a $70 million public offering by a major independent oil company
  • Pursued litigation of three lawsuits in central California involving an action for subsurface trespass and competing lease claims between a major oil company and an independent
  • Represented operators in litigation with other working interest owners
  • Represented mineral interests as lead defense counsel in a multi-billion-dollar toxic waste case involving alleged oil waste disposal in the beach area of Ventura County, California
  • Represented oil and gas service companies in disputes over service contracts and in the protection of proprietary trade secrets
  • Represented landowners in negotiating oil and gas leases

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The Oil and Gas Law Group attorneys work closely with the Real Estate Law Group and the Environmental Law Group in land use matters and hazardous waste disposition. Examples include:

  • Transactional work in leases, farm-outs, farm-ins, working interests and sales of plays and mature properties
  • Title opinions on oil and gas leases
  • Due diligence investigations on acquisition of oil and gas properties and preparation of prospectuses for public offerings
  • Litigation in the area of hazardous waste, oil and gas property interests and down-hole drilling and operational problems
  • Representation in hazardous waste matters, including site assessments and liability issues connected with contaminated sites

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