Insights by Silas Martin

While horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing significantly enhance well productivity, they have had the opposite effect on the land department. Prior to the shale revolution, running title often involved just hundreds of acres, but today’s land managers and title attorneys...

Recent years have been a roller coaster for mineral buyers, from record low commodity prices to highs for oil and natural gas in the last year. Going forward, challenges and opportunities will be plentiful. We expect oil prices between $80...

Typically children don’t look forward to going to the dentist but I did for one reason, Highlights Magazine. To be more specific, Highlights Magazine had a section where they cleverly hid common everyday items into a drawing. I loved, and...