Johnstone Adams represents and counsels business and industry in many aspects of energy and natural resources, particularly oil and gas, as well as coal and timber. The firm serves as counsel to major oil and gas operators, independent oil and gas operators, energy lending institutions and title companies. The firm has been intimately involved in many aspects of the oil and gas industry, including comprehensive services in title examination and preparation of division orders, real property acquisitions for treating facilities and other related plants, administrative proceedings before the State Oil & Gas Board of Alabama, advice on application of federal law and rules promulgated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and oil and gas financing and loan restructuring.
The firm has considerable experience in oil and gas litigation, including several class action claims alleging underpayment of royalties, disputes over drainage, natural gas sales contracts, interpretation of leases and conveyances, fieldwide unitization, maritime injuries attributable to offshore operations, personal injury on land-based drilling locations, and oil and gas bankruptcy matters.