The Mineral Rights Podcast: Mineral Rights | Royalties | Oil and Gas | Matt Sands

Today we have Spencer Cox, an attorney with Burns Charest. He's going to help us dive deeper into the world of royalty audits and when litigation might be an option for mineral owners to pursue.

In this episode we discuss subordination agreements as they relate to mineral rights and royalties. We talk about what you need to know, some of the situations where you might be asked to sign a subordination agreement, and how this type of agreement can have a significant impact on the value of your mineral interests.

The resources mentioned in this episode can be found in the show notes at mineralrightspodcast.com.

We discuss the recently proposed legislation in Texas which seeks to address ownership and pooling of pore space for CO2 sequestration and how it could negatively affect mineral owners.

Check out the show notes at mineralrightspodcast.com for links to important resources where you can make sure your voice is heard.

The energy transition is underway but how long will it take? We discuss this and the different outcomes forecast by BP and Shell in their most recent energy transformation scenarios. There is a wide range of potential outcomes but one thing is for certain, we will continue to rely on oil and gas - but for how long?

As always, links to the resources mentioned in this episode can be found in the show notes at mineralrightspodcast.com

Our guest this week is Ian Dexter Palmer, the author of The Shale Controversy, which explains the pros and cons of fracking and tries to distill the facts around climate change in a non-partisan way.

As a petroleum engineer and consultant, Ian Palmer has advised oil and gas companies all over the world. He has worked at Los Alamos, The Department of Energy, BP, and Higgs-Palmer Technologies and given presentations and classes on fracking, earthquakes and global warming.

This was an interesting conversation that Justin and I had with Ian around his conclusions around climate change, the energy transition, and the shale revolution.

The views and opinions expressed by our guests do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of The Mineral Rights Podcast.

As always you can find the show notes with links to the books and articles mentioned in this episode at mineralrightspodcast.com. There you'll also find a link to purchase Ian's book so you can read it and form your own conclusions on these important topics.