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Oil, Gas & Mineral Rights

Roetzel’s oil, gas & mineral rights practice focuses on lease negotiations, pipeline easements, mineral title disputes, and cases involving the Dormant Mineral Act and Marketable Title Act, with extensive experience in the Utica and Marcellus shale plays. We guide landowners through various legal matters, including drilling opinions, curative analysis, royalty audits, surface development, and mineral trespass, ensuring their interests are protected.
Our team excels at navigating the complexities of oil, gas & mineral rights, providing expertise in title reviews, drafting title opinions, and performing curative work. We also handle pipeline rights-of-way negotiations and eminent domain litigation, particularly for national and local pipeline projects.

Our deep industry knowledge and experience ensure that our clients are well-represented both and the negotiation table and in in court. 

What We Do

  • Handle Dormant Mineral Act cases
  • Represent clients in eminent domain litigation 
  • Provide drilling opinions and curative analysis
  • Manage lack of production cases
  • Negotiate and ratify land use and mineral lease agreements
  • Address Marketable Title Act issues
  • Resolve mineral title and lease interpretation disputes
  • Litigate mineral trespass cases
  • Conduct mineral ownership research and curative work
  • Negotiate pipeline easements 
  • Manage quiet title cases
  • Conduct royalty audits
  • Oversee surface development matters
  • Perform title curative work
  • Draft title opinions
  • Develop wealth transfer and succession planning strategies

Related Media & Events

  1. Alerts
    Court of Appeals Issues Significant Mineral Trespass Opinion Upholding Multi-Million-Dollar Future Damages Award - Feb 14, 2023
    Court of Appeals Rules That Oil and Gas Company Has Ongoing Obligation to Restore Property Despite General Release of Damages in Surface Use Agreement - May 6, 2022
    What is “Reasonable Diligence” Under the DMA? The Ohio Supreme Court Offers More Guidance to Landowners - Apr 1, 2022
    One Less Way for Ohio Landowners to Challenge Royalty Severances - Mar 7, 2022
    Ohio Appellate Court Further Clarifies 'Reasonable Diligence' Standard Under the Dormant Mineral Act - Jan 31, 2022
    H.R. 3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act - Nov 8, 2021
    Roetzel & Andress: 2020 Appellate Year in Review - Jan 28, 2021
    Ohio Supreme Court Adopts “Reasonable Diligence” Standard for Surface Owners Seeking to Abandon Severed Mineral Interests Under the Dormant Mineral Act - Dec 17, 2020
    Ohio Supreme Court Rules That the Marketable Title Act Is Applicable to Severed Mineral Interests - Dec 2, 2020
    Federal Court Excludes Evidence of Stigma Damages in Eminent Domain Case Involving Gas Pipeline - May 13, 2020
    Ohio Supreme Court to Decide Whether the Ohio Marketable Title Act Applies to Severed Oil and Gas Interests - Jan 24, 2020
    Ohio Supreme Court Applies 21-Year Statute of Limitations in Oil and Gas Lease Dispute - Dec 3, 2019
    Can Your Business Fly Under the Radar? - Oct 16, 2017
    State Budget Wrap-Up: Extensive Public Policy and Funding Changes - What You Need to Know - Jul 3, 2017
    Governor Kasich Releases $144 Billion State Budget Proposal - What You Need to Know - Jan 30, 2017
    Ohio Supreme Court Rules in Landowner Royalty Case - Nov 7, 2016
    Pipeline Companies Win Key Battles in War for Eminent Domain Rights - Sep 19, 2016
    Ohio Supreme Court Rules in Ohio Dormant Mineral Act Cases - Sep 19, 2016
    FAA Issues Long-Anticipated Commercial Drone Rules & Eliminates the Section 333 Exemption Process - Jun 22, 2016
    Ohio Legislature Passes Over 30 Bills in 48 Hours - Jun 9, 2016
    Ohio Supreme Court Rules on Beck Energy Lease Validity Cases - Jan 22, 2016
    Ohio Appeals Court Remands Case to Trial Court for Assessment of "Reasonableness" in Delay of Repairs to Well - Dec 2, 2015
    Ohio Supreme Court Issues First Opinion Interpreting the Dormant Mineral Act - Jun 18, 2015
    Ohio Supreme Court Accepts Review of Certified Question from Ohio Federal Court in Royalty Case - Jun 3, 2015
  2. Articles
    What is “Reasonable Diligence” Under the DMA? The Ohio Supreme Court Offers More Guidance to Landowners - April 2022 - Harrison News-Herald
    One Less Way for Ohio Landowners to Challenge Royalty Severances - March 2022 - Harrison News-Herald
    Ohio Appellate Court Further Clarifies 'Reasonable Diligence' Standard Under the Dormant Mineral Act - February 2022 - Harrison News-Herald
    Important Rulings From Ohio Supreme Court in Key Mineral Rights Cases Expected Soon - October 2020 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Ohio Appellate Court Rules In Another DMA Notice Dispute - August 2020 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Ohio Supreme Court to Rule: Additional MTA Questions Involving Severed Oil and Gas Rights - June 2020 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Ohio Court of Appeals Issues a Series of New Marketable Title Act Opinions - November 2019 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Ohio Appellate Court Ruling Highlights Interplay Between Oil and Gas Leases and Ohio's Unitization Statute - September 2019 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Ohio's Fifth Appellate District Rules in a Dormant Mineral Act Notice Case - August 2019 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Ohio Appellate Court Limits the MTA and the DMA in Mineral Rights Dispute - March 2019 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Ohio Supreme Court Interprets the MTA to Preserve a Severed Mineral Interest - February 2019 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Ohio Court Rulings Continue in Legal Battles Over Severed Mineral Rights - December 2018 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Ohio Court Refuses to Apply Statute of Limitations in Lease Validity Dispute - November 2018 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Ohio Court Issues Favorable Landowner Ruling in Important Unitization Case - October 2018 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Ohio Court of Appeals Affirms "Paying Quantities" Ruling Against Local Producer - September 2018 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Ohio Appellate Court Clarifies Notice Requirements under the 2006 Dormant Act - May 2018 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Ohio Federal Court Rules in Landowner Royalty Case - Apr 1, 2018 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Statute of Limitations in Lack of Production - Mar 1, 2018
    Ohio Appellate Court Adopts Texas Rule to Resolve Mineral Ownership Dispute - Feb 1, 2018 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Ohio Court Applies 21-Year Statute of Limitations in Lack of Production Case - October 2017 - Ohio Gas & Oil Magazine
    Ohio Court of Appeals Clarifies "Production in Paying Quantities" Rule - Aug 1, 2017 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Ohio Supreme Court Rules in Oil & Gas Lease Interpretation Case - Jul 1, 2017 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Legal Battles Continue in Ohio Over Oil & Gas Rights - May 1, 2017 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Ohio Gas & OilRover Pipeline Files Mass Condemnation Actions in Ohio - Mar 1, 2017 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Severed Mineral Owners to Face Legal Hurdles - Feb 1, 2017 - Ohio Gas & Oil
    Court Ruling Favors Several Mineral Rights Owners - Oct 3, 2016 - The Daily Jeff
    Nexus Pipeline Alternative Route Could Hit Stark and Wayne Counties with Force - Sep 1, 2016 - The Daily Jeff
    Policing the Oil Patch - Jun 13, 2016 - The Daily Jeff
    Court Rulings Could Impact Dormant Mineral Act - May 11, 2016 - Ohio Gas & Oil Magazine
    Negotiating Extending Undrilled Shale Leases - Apr 4, 2016 - The Daily Jeff
    Held by Production Leases: - Spring 2016 - Energy & Mineral Law Foundation
    Ohio Supreme Court Rules Against Landowners in Beck Energy Lease Validity Cases - Mar 17, 2016 - The Daily Jeff
    Current Climate of Ohio's Gas and Oil Industry - Feb 5, 2016 - Ohio Gas & Oil Magazine
    Ohio Supreme Court Hears Cases Involving Perpetual Leases, Tolling of Undrilled Leases in Monroe Co. - Jan 4, 2016 - Ohio Gas & Oil Magazine
    Shale gas exports will aid US and its allies - Dec 21, 2012 - Financial Times
    Shale Gas Exports Will Aid US and Its Allies - Dec 21, 2012 - Financial Times
    Oil and Gas in Ohio: The Latest Debate Involving Technology, Energy and the Environment - Aug 24, 2012
    Oil and Gas in Ohio: The Latest Debate Involving Technology, Energy and the Environment - Aug 24, 2012
    The New Frontier - Shale Gas Development in Ohio - Jun 1, 2012
    The New Frontier - Shale Gas Development in Ohio - Jun 1, 2012
    Ohio Court Limits Horizontal Offsite Drilling - Apr 11, 2012
    Ohio Court Limits Horizontal Offsite Drilling - Apr 11, 2012
    Ohio Oil and Gas Driller Successfully Fights Off Nuisance Suit From Neighboring Homeowner - Apr 5, 2012
    Ohio Oil and Gas Driller Successfully Fights Off Nuisance Suit From Neighboring Homeowner - Apr 5, 2012
    Case Law Update: Oil & Gas Drilling - Ohio Oil and Gas Driller Successfully Fights Off Nuisance Suit From Neighboring Homeowner - Apr 2, 2012
    Report Finds No Direct Connection Between Groundwater Contamination and Hydraulic Fracturing - Apr 2, 2012
    Report Finds No Direct Connection Between Groundwater Contamination and Hydraulic Fracturing - Apr 2, 2012
    Hydraulic Fracturing Update - Report Finds No Direct Connection Between Groundwater Contamination and Hydraulic Fracturing - Apr 2, 2012
    Oil & Gas Permitting Update: Recent General Permit Developments Affecting Oil and Gas Development - Apr 2, 2012
    Ohio Court Limits Horizontal Offsite Drilling - Apr 2, 2012
    Fracking - The Hot New Area of Litigation and Regulation - Apr 1, 2012
    Fracking Concerns Formed Out of Fear, Despite Facts - Mar 20, 2012 - Crain's Cleveland Business
  3. Firm News
    Roetzel & Andress Announces Emily Anglewicz as Shareholder-in-Charge of Associates - Feb 26, 2024
    Roetzel & Andress Welcomes Three Associates to the Firm - Nov 15, 2023
    15 Roetzel Attorneys Named Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch - Aug 17, 2023
    Chambers and Partners Recognizes Five Roetzel Attorneys and One Practice Area in 2023 USA Guide - Jun 1, 2023
    Roetzel & Andress Names Three New Shareholders - Jan 4, 2023
    Roetzel’s Lauren Zidones Named a 30 For The Future Award Recipient - Aug 10, 2022
    Roetzel & Andress Adds Business Litigation Associate in Akron - Apr 1, 2022
    Emily Anglewicz Sworn in as Magistrate for Mayor’s Court of Cuyahoga Falls - Jan 20, 2022
    Eight Roetzel Attorneys Promoted to Shareholder in 2021 - Jan 1, 2021
    Eleven Roetzel & Andress Attorneys Selected to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch - Aug 20, 2020
    Roetzel Expands Akron Office with Addition of Dodson and Anglewicz - Sep 6, 2019
    Roetzel's Akron Office Adds 11 Attorneys - Jan 13, 2016
    Ohio Governor Names Mason to Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission - Aug 31, 2015
    Don Mason Named to Zanesville-Muskingum County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors - Mar 28, 2014
    Roetzel's Don Mason Named to "Who's Who In Energy" - Dec 9, 2013