Mineral & Environmental Law

Stoll Keenon Ogden's Mineral & Environmental practice has a regional presence and renowned experience in the industry. Our attorneys are pledged to supplying prompt and proficient services in all substantive categories of the practice area, including but not limited to transactions, due diligence, title examination, environmental compliance, litigation and regulatory disputes.

We have environmental litigators who focus on cases involving RCRA and CERCLA. We also work on asset and entity acquisitions, financing and the negotiation of sales, and supply contracts and service agreements. Our attorneys are well-suited to assist with lobbying (with three former legislators, including one in the Mineral & Environmental practice group), rulemaking and regulatory agency interaction, and we excel in due diligence to corporations of various sizes. Additionally, our strategic locations in west Kentucky and Evansville, Indiana, at the heart of the Illinois Basin; in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the center of the Marcellus and Utica plays; and in Lexington, Kentucky, in close proximity to Central Appalachia, give our firm a reach across the eastern United States.

Services most frequently provided by members of the Mineral & Environmental practice include:

• Title examination
• Due Diligence

Other services regularly provided by members of the Mineral & Environmental practice include:

• Oil and gas regulatory matters
• Coal regulatory matters
• Acquisitions and sales of natural resource and mineral properties and assets
• Oil and gas lease agreements
• Coal lease agreements
• Joint venture agreements, farm-out agreements and operating agreements
• Negotiation of transactions
• Financing transactions

American Association of Professional Landmen

Coal Operators & Associates, Inc.

Eastern Mineral Law Foundation

Energy & Mineral Law Foundation, including two trustees

Foundation of Energy Law Journal

Illinois Coal Association

Illinois Oil & Gas Association

Independent Oil & Gas Association West Virginia

Independent Oil Producers Association Tri-State, Inc.

Indiana Oil & Gas Association

Kentucky Coal Association

Kentucky Oil & Gas Association, including one board member and a former secretary

Michael Late Benedum Chapter of AAPL

Ohio Coal Association

Ohio Oil & Gas Association

Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association

Tri-State Association of Professional Landmen

West Kentucky Coal Association

West Virginia Oil & Natural Gas Association

Oil and Natural Gas

• Acquisition of Appalachian Oil and Natural Gas Properties

  Acquisition of 1.46 million oil and gas acres in eastern United States (primarily Pennsylvania and West Virginia) with more than 9000 producing wells. SKO performed due diligence and prepared transaction documents.

  Related Attorneys John H. Henderson, David H. Thomason, John A. Thomason, Peter B. Lewis, Lauren M. McElroy, Elizabeth Friend Bird, Brad S. Keeton, Mary Garris, Sarah J. Sloan, Stephen A. Houston, Anthony J. Phelps
  Related Practices Mineral & Environmental
  Related Industries Energy & Natural Resources

• Acquisition of Illinois Basin Oil and Natural Gas Properties

  Acquisition of over one million gross oil and gas acres (primarily New Albany shale acreage in the Illinois Basin, but also including acreage in Northern Appalachia, the San Juan Basin, the Powder River Basin and the Rockies). SKO performed due diligence and prepared transaction documents.

  Related Attorneys John H. Henderson, David H. Thomason, John A. Thomason, Peter B. Lewis, Lauren M. McElroy, Elizabeth Friend Bird
  Related Practices Mineral & Environmental
  Related Industries Energy & Natural Resources

• Marcellus Joint Venture for Oil and Natural Gas Producer

  A joint venture for a major oil and natural gas producer’s Marcellus shale acreage; the producer to receive aggregate payments of $3.4 Billion; SKO performed due diligence and prepared transaction documents.

  Related Attorneys John H. Henderson, David H. Thomason, John A. Thomason, Peter B. Lewis, Lauren M. McElroy, Elizabeth Friend Bird, Brad S. Keeton, Mary Garris
  Related Practices Mineral & Environmental
  Related Industries Energy & Natural Resources

• Midstream MLP Initial Public Offering

  An IPO for midstream gathering services for production from the Marcellus Shale. SKO performed due diligence and prepared transaction documents.

  Related Attorneys John H. Henderson, David H. Thomason, John A. Thomason, Peter B. Lewis, Lauren M. McElroy, Elizabeth Friend Bird, Brad S. Keeton, Mary Garris
  Related Practices Mineral & Environmental
  Related Industries Energy & Natural Resources

  • Utica Joint Venture for Oil and Natural Gas Producer

    A joint venture for a major oil and natural gas producer’s Utica shale acreage; the producer to receive aggregate payments of $594 Million; SKO performed due diligence and prepared transaction documents.

    Related Attorneys John H. Henderson, David H. Thomason, John A. Thomason, Peter B. Lewis, Lauren M. McElroy, Elizabeth Friend Bird, Brad S. Keeton, Mary Garris
    Related Practices Mineral & Environmental
    Related Industries Energy & Natural Resources

  Coal

  • Acquisition of Coal Reserves

    Series of transactions to acquire more than 450 million tons of Illinois Basin coal reserves; SKO served as lead deal counsel, performed due diligence.

    Related Attorneys John H. Henderson, David H. Thomason, John A. Thomason, Peter B. Lewis, Lauren M. McElroy, Elizabeth Friend Bird
    Related Practices Mineral & Environmental
    Related Industries Energy & Natural Resources

     

    • Development Transaction for Coal Producer

      Transaction to support the development of a longwall mining operation in Illinois; SKO served as lead deal counsel, performed due diligence.

      Related Attorneys John H. Henderson, David H. Thomason, John A. Thomason, Peter B. Lewis, Lauren M. McElroy, Elizabeth Friend Bird
      Related Practices Mineral & Environmental, Securities & Corporate Governance
      Related Industries Energy & Natural Resources, Banks & Financial Services

    • Acquisition of Coal Mine

      Acquisition of Illinois Basin coal mine with 40 million tons of coal; SKO served as lead deal counsel, performed due diligence.

      Related Attorneys John H. Henderson, David H. Thomason, John A. Thomason, Peter B. Lewis, Lauren M. McElroy, Elizabeth Friend Bird
      Related Practices Mineral & Environmental, Securities & Corporate Governance
      Related Industries Energy & Natural Resources, Banks & Financial Services

    Equity Investment & Financing Transactions

    • Coal Investment & Financing Transaction

      Representation of publicly-traded client in a transaction to support the development of a mining operation with a total investment in the project in a range of $400 – 525 million. Transaction featured several components, including a preferred equity investment, the acquisition and leaseback of reserves and surface rights, a coal handling and services agreement and an equipment financing facility investment in the project; SKO served as lead deal counsel, performed due diligence.

      Related Attorneys R. David Lester, John H. Henderson, Allison J. Donovan, Sarah K. Mills
      Related Practices Mineral & Environmental, Securities & Corporate Governance, Real Estate, Corporate Finance & Lending, Business Services
      Related Industries Energy & Natural Resources