ACCESSIBLE, PRACTICAL, & EFFICIENT OIL & GAS ATTORNEYS 

Johnson and Lebsock, PLLP is a small firm with a lot of experience.  We have been assisting oil and gas operators and mineral owners in North Dakota and Montana since 2002.  Our core principles are simple:  be accessible to our clients, and provide practical, efficient legal advice and work-product.  Practice areas include:

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*Drilling & Division Order Title Opinions

Examine appropriate title materials and prepare an easy to understand Title Opinion in a format designed to integrate with your in-house team of title and division order analysts.  We have rendered title opinions covering scores of spacing units throughout North Dakota and Montana, including Mountrail, McKenzie, Divide, Burke, Billings, and Williams counties on the North Dakota side, and Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Toole, Rosebud, and Dawson counties on the Montana side.  

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*Acquisitions, sales of oil and gas properties

Assist with the purchase and sale of oil and gas properties, and help to streamline the process and safeguard your interests.  

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*Curative (probate, deeds, stipulations)

Cure complex title defects, so that the right parties can be put into "pay" status.   

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*Surface ownership issues and negotiations

Negotiate surface use agreements, pipeline rights of way, saltwater disposal agreements and other agreements that necessarily arise during oil and gas exploration, development and production.  

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