Imagine you’re adrift at sea. Not only is it nighttime, but it’s unbelievably foggy. You can barely see your hand in front of your face. However, you can just make out two islands in the distance. You know one island…
Knock, knock. Someone’s at your door, and when you peak through the window you see a friendly-looking guy who’s smiling ear-to-ear. When you ask who he is, he cracks a joke and shoots you a wink before explaining that he…
The pipeline is coming…are you protected? When you learn that a pipeline company intends to use your property to construct and install a FERC-regulated, eminent domain pipeline, you can bet you’re in for a heck of a ride. From dealing…
Axiall chlorine leak victims may be entitled to compensation. Industry provides many benefits to the communities in which they exist: jobs, tax revenue, etc. However, those benefits come with hefty costs that aren’t always predictable or foreseeable to those living…
In the 1790s, the Dille Family settled in what is now known as Dilles Bottom in Belmont County, Ohio. By the end of 2017, we should know whether the latest settler to Dilles Bottom will be the Thailand-based PTT Global…
Pictures of adorable kindergarteners, proud middle-schoolers, and grown-up seniors adorned social media this week as local children began another school year. If you are like me, you enjoy seeing how much your friends’ kids have grown over the past year…
The release of the Academy Award Winning film, American Sniper, stirred a lot of emotion nationwide. As Americans, we want to know more about Chris Kyle, a U.S. Navy SEAL who served four tours of duty in the Iraq War and…
Oil and gas mineral owners don’t have to look very far to sell their minerals—usually no further than their mailbox. For those who are interested in selling their minerals, the process seems fairly simple. You get a few offers, pick…
Saturday, February 22, 2014. It was a crisp morning on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and a few friends and I were hurriedly loading a U-Haul truck with everything I owned. I remember thinking that everything probably wouldn’t fill half of…
Believe it or not, there are oil and gas leases dating back to the late 1800s still in effect today. For those of you counting, that means there are leases out there that are more than 180 years old. Knowing…