‘What Every Landowner Should Know’

Workshop offers advice for leasing to oil and gas companies

By: David Showers - El Dorado News-Times

Attorney James Rankin lll speaks to landowners who have property in the Lower Smackover Brown Dense Limestone Formation about mineral leases in a workshop sponsored by the Arkansas Forestry Commission. The workshop was held Thursday evening at the El Dorado Convention Center.

Negotiating is imperative for landowners leasing their property to oil and gas interests who’ve converged on South Arkansas to exploit the Lower Smackover Brown Dense Limestone Formation.

That message was central to the Arkansas Forestry Association’s workshop Thursday nig...

Published: 06/22/2012