Senior Attorney And Co2 Business Development
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Us
Leadership position in in-house legal department. Oversaw all company litigation, midstream, marketing, Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), and various corporate matters, as well as pursued CO2 supply business development opportunities. Highlights included:• Directed nearly all defense litigation matters, including contract, tort, class action, property damage, product liability, environmental, and pollution claims; selected, retained, and managed outside counsel; coordinated with insurance adjusters; and personally handled collection and lien foreclosure litigation and surface damage proceedings in-house. • Provided all legal services for pipeline acquisitions, and served as lead counsel for company’s gas gathering systems, including agreements for gathering, compression, dehydration, treating and processing, and easement and right-of-way issues.• Functioned as primary attorney for marketing department, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts for sale or transportation of oil and natural gas; resolving well and pipeline gas balancing issues (and pursuing through litigation as necessary); and assisting in economic analysis of potential marketing arrangements.• Prepared and edited 10K, 10Q and 8K SEC filings and prospectus documents.• Researched, contacted, negotiated with, and secured traditional and unique ventures with EOR operators, sources of carbon dioxide, and CO2 pipeline companies; conducted economic analyses on potential CO2 capture and transportation scenarios; provided legal support to company’s effort to acquire CO2-EOR fields and pipelines for CO2 service; initiated and developed relationship with ethanol plant for CO2 supply for company EOR operations, and led negotiations for term sheet and 15-year definitive off-take agreement.• Served as state government affairs director for the company.