The Ventura Oil and Gas Law Firm of Rod C. Reynolds

The Law Office of Rod C. Reynolds is an oil and gas law firm located in Ventura County, California.  For more than 25 years the Firm has been advising clients throughout the State of California, including Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Santa Barbara, Sacramento and Ventura Counties, regarding all aspects of oil and gas exploration, development and production projects.  The Firm provides quality, cost-effective legal services, emphasizing transactional and negotiated solutions based on facts and law related to the client's stated goal.  The Firm is committed to being accessible to the client while providing practical solutions.

• Acquisitions & Divestitures

  Representing oil and gas operators in connection with the acquisition or divestiture of producing properties, both with and without a related escrow, including providing counsel to the client, and drafting and reviewing: Offers to purchase property Invitations to bid Letters of Intent Purchase and Sale Agreements Confidentiality Agreements Due Diligence Access Licenses Promissory Notes and Deeds of Trust Grant Deeds, and Mineral Rights Deeds Assignment of Leases and Bills of Sale. The Firm also advises both buyers and sellers on potential title and environmental issues and resolutions that may arise during a purchase and sale due diligence period.

• Environmental

  In addition to working with local, State, and Federal agencies on permitting and other regulatory approval matters, the Firm has also successfully negotiated and interacted with local, State,and Federal agencies on environmental compliance including: California Environmental Quality Act Streambed Alteration Agreements Incidental take permit, and mitigating impacts to protected species and their habitat. This representation has resulted in successful negotiations concluding with the recognition of “categorical exemptions” under CEQA, and Federal “No Take Letters” from the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

• Onshore Operations

  In depth transactional experience requiring the Firm’s involvement in negotiating and drafting documents relating to the exploration, development, production, and abandonment of oil and gas properties including: Easements and license agreements Oil and gas leases and amendments Oil and gas unit and unit operating agreements Accommodation and remediation agreements Lease Restoration Plans Farmout agreements Drillsite agreements Pooling agreements Line well agreements Long term Surface Use agreements Quitclaim of Oil & Gas lease rights Tolling agreements Dispute compromise and settlement agreements Waiver and release agreements, and Indemnity agreements.

• Offshore Operations

  Representation in matters on both the Outer Continental Shelf and State Tide & Submerged Lands in connection with: Leasing and amendments Suspension of operations Royalty/Rental adjustments Notices of violation Unitization and joint operations Subsea Well Abandonment Rig Sharing (SWARS) Program.

• Regulatory Compliance

  Participating with corporate clients in successfully securing ministerial and discretionary permits, or responding to and resolving regulatory compliance issues, in connection with oil and gas projects, or incidents arising out of such projects, including successful negotiations with, or presentations to: Counties of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Ventura State Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources State Lands Commission California Coastal Commission Minerals Management Service US Coast Guard Army Corp of Engineers Los Angeles and Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Boards U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service California Department of Fish & Game, and others. Success in working with governmental agencies, on behalf of both corporate and individual clients, is due in part from previous experience representing both county and city governments. Representation of these governmental entities included: Drafting ordinances, resolutions, agreements, and leases Providing written opinions on legal issues raised by department heads and elected officials Administrative and court hearings Prosecuting city code violations.

• Title Examination

  Examination and analysis of mineral rights and leasehold chains of title in connection with the acquisition, sale, or surface development of real property, and to ascertain current status of mineral rights and oil and gas lease rights of record in preparation for drilling or other activity. Drafting and issuing related title opinion letters.

Law Offices of Rod C. Reynolds
Rod C. Reynolds, Esq
1200 Paseo Camarillo, St 295
Camarillo, CA  93010
Ph: (805) 445-4407
Fax: (805) 389-7375
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