Energy
James Thompson, co-chair of the energy section at Porter Hedges LLP, focuses on a diverse range of energy transactions including oil and gas, renewables, and carbon capture projects. His work spans acquisitions and divestitures from $10 million to nearly $1bn. Recent matters include advising Franco-Nevada on a $125m mineral asset acquisition and Black Stone Minerals on a multi-year development agreement. He regularly handles complex contract negotiations and supports both domestic and international clients in US basins.
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Energy Transactions
Position
ames Thompson is Co-Chair of the firm's Energy Section. He represents public and private companies in a variety of corporate, transactional, and other commercial matters. He focuses on the upstream, midstream, and renewable segments of the energy industry with additional experience in other industries. He is also board certified in Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
James represents the entire spectrum of energy companies and participants – majors, independents, management groups, services companies, and mineral and royalty companies – with respect to assets and projects in over 20 states and in every major basin.
His energy practice includes the following:
- Acquisition, divestiture and financing of upstream and midstream assets
- Joint ventures and exploration and development programs
- Renewable energy projects (carbon capture and sequestration, wind, solar and geothermal)
- Upstream and midstream agreements including farm out agreements, participation agreements, agreements related to seismic data acquisition and licensing, surface and subsurface easements, oil and gas leases, drilling contracts, master service agreements, marketing agreements, and gas, liquids and crude oil purchase, transport, and gathering agreements
- Oil and gas disputes
Memberships
Texas Bar Association, Member
Section Council, Houston Bar Association - Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section, Member
Houston Producers' Forum, Member
Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association, Member
The Arbor School, Board Member
Children's Museum Houston, Board Member
Education
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, with honors
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, Plan II Honors
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Key clients
- Black Stone Minerals, L.P.
- Chevron Corporation
- Crescent Mineral Partners Management LLC
- Occidental Petroleum Corporation
- Seneca Resources Company
- Middleton Oil Company
Work highlights
Represented Franco-Nevada Corporation, a publicly traded mining and energy company based in Toronto, Canada, in its $125 million acquisition of mineral and royalty interests in oil and gas assets from Mesa Minerals LLC in the Haynesville Shale region of East Texas and Louisiana.
Represented Black Stone Minerals, L.P. in a multi-year transaction with Revenant Energy involving a development agreement covering approximately 270,000 gross and 95,000 net undeveloped acres with significant resource potential, expected to benefit both companies for decades.