Built for a drilling schedule

Oil and gas title work usually has a well, a unit and a date attached. We work with hundreds of landmen around the country, so the tracts in a unit can be run side by side and put in one format. Modern tools do the first pass on reading and sorting the records, and a person checks each runsheet and ownership summary before it goes to your attorney.

What it covers

Unit and tract title. Runsheets and ownership for each tract in a drilling or spacing unit, in one layout.
Drilling title packets. The materials an examining attorney needs for a drillsite title opinion.
Division order title. Updated ownership for paying owners after a well is drilled.
Leasehold chains. Leases, assignments and releases traced from the original lessee to the present.
Requirements. A tracker for everything the attorney lists, worked through curative until it closes.

From the first search to the last requirement

A well rarely has a single tract. Title work for a unit means many chains, in one or more counties, all due before a drilling date or a first payment. We plan it as one project: a common runsheet format, one list of requirements, and one person who knows where each tract stands.

What to send

The unit, tracts or sections, with counties
The attorney's name and packet checklist
Whether the title is for drilling or for division orders
Leases, earlier opinions and any known problems
The date the title is needed

This service includes land work in Montana. See the county notes, including Richland County, Montana.

What you get

A runsheet and images for each tract
An ownership summary by tract and for the unit
A requirements tracker with the status of each item

What we do not do

We do not write title opinions or give legal advice.
We do not decide who the owners are as a matter of law. The examining attorney does.

Oil and gas title work