Natural Gas/Shale Title

Lewis Gianola’s Title Group has the capacity to produce the highest quality mineral title ownership reports, certified title opinions, and division order opinions for properties in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Our lawyers are highly experienced in the research, analysis, examination, review and drafting of oil and natural gas documents such as certified title opinions, drilling opinions, deeds, leases, pooling agreements, farm-in agreements and joint operating agreements for horizontal drilling operations in the Appalachian Basin. We have prepared reports based on abstracts and examinations undertaken by our in-house staff of experienced abstractors and in collaboration with brokerages that our clients sometimes choose.

Our experienced title team has also performed multiple due diligence projects for national and multi-national entities in the oil and gas industry.  We have acted as counsel to buyers in asserting potential title defects as well as counsel for sellers in defending title against asserted defects.  Additionally, we were selected and have served as expert consultants in arbitration proceedings.

Lewis Gianola successfully manages title projects within the financial projections of our clients while providing superior work product.