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I recently gave a webinar presentation as part of the Natural Resource Webinar Series put on by the TAMU Ecosystem and Science Management Unit. \u00a0Thanks so much to Megan Clayton and Pete Flores for inviting me to join.<\/p>\n

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Texas A&M Agrilife Extension photo by Blair Fannin<\/p><\/div>\n

Although we were recently unable to fully cover oil and gas issues in a four hour live seminar, I was tasked with trying to condense useful information into an hour! \u00a0The first half of the webinar focuses on surface owner issues, such as how to determine mineral ownership, the dominant estate rule, surface use agreements, and terms that should be considered to protect the surface. \u00a0The second portion focuses on mineral owner issues including what is included in mineral rights and key provisions to consider when negotiating\u00a0a mineral lease.<\/p>\n

To listen to the webinar, just click here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently gave a webinar presentation as part of the Natural Resource Webinar Series put on by the TAMU Ecosystem and Science Management Unit. \u00a0Thanks so much to Megan Clayton and Pete Flores for inviting me to join. Although we were recently unable to fully cover oil and gas issues in a four hour live seminar, I was tasked with trying to condense useful information into an hour! \u00a0The first half of the webinar focuses on surface owner issues, such as how to determine mineral ownership, the dominant… Read More →<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2443,"featured_media":3826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oil-and-gas-law"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRanching in Oil and Gas Country: Rangeland Challenges - Texas Agriculture Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2016\/08\/29\/ranching-oil-gas-country-rangeland-challenges\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ranching in Oil and Gas Country: Rangeland Challenges - Texas Agriculture Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I recently gave a webinar presentation as part of the Natural Resource Webinar Series put on by the TAMU Ecosystem and Science Management Unit. \u00a0Thanks so much to Megan Clayton and Pete Flores for inviting me to join. 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