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Sean Schottmiller

Partner at Oliva Gibbs PLLC specializing in oil and gas law, title opinions, and energy transactions

Jul 7, 2026

7:51
you know across the across the industry it's it would be it's a lot of work and especially in acquisitions and stuff as well so it's it's a lot of things that go into play behind the scenes so you've worked on everything from the deals that close in a few weeks to title projects that can take more than a year and involve huge teams what separates the straightforward projects from the truly complex ones
8:15
well you know on the transaction side you know and often shows up in in complexity shows up in diligence, right? And so as you say, you're probably not just acquiring one lease, right? There's a multitude of leases, often multiple counties, different depths, particularly for legacy plays, different burdens, different obligations within each of those leases.
8:36
So the legal team, the land team, even the engineers, we all have to kind of be on the same page to understand kind of what the plans are moving forward, what the client's goals are, and you know, on the acquisition of a complex asset, let's just say what provisions of the lease or JOA or other agreements may affect kind of what we ultimately want to do with that asset.
8:57
And so maybe we want to exclude some of these.
9:00
Maybe we have to develop some work around here.
9:03
We can amend the lease.
9:04
We can amend the agreements prior to closing.

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