Today, I am joined by a legal mind in the oil and gas industry, Bresee Carlson, to talk about shut ins, force majeure, the challenges of where commas go in documents and the change in meaning in the law.  She includes a great walk through document (supporting documentation, below) for shut in decisions and the concept that any legal action is a last result relative to negotiated settlements and win-wins.

If you have a kid that wants to be a lawyer, I suggest both you and they listen to the episode – you can really see the different way of thinking between lawyers and engineers in the way we look at problems and solutions that we talked through.

I had a lot of fun, and I hope you enjoy.

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Bresee’s official bio

Bresee Carlson is a Partner at Kuiper Law Firm LLP.  Bresee attended law school at the Sturm College of Law in Denver, CO with aspirations of providing guardian ad litem services for Colorado children.  After graduation from Sturm College of Law in 2009, Bresee was introduced to the energy industry.  Bresee provided operational land support in the field through a brokerage firm, transitioned to in-house land work, and ultimately decided to make property issues and land work in the energy industry her staple practice.  Bresee’s practice has focused primarily on drafting mineral title opinions, leasehold review, and contract review. Bresee is actively engaged in the DAPL, WAPL, and RMMLF and enjoys participating in and furthering education inland work as co-chair of the DAPL Education Committee.

In her spare time Bresee attempts to keep up with her three children (generally failing miserably) and volunteers with the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center providing guardian ad litem services for protection order proceedings, or can be found on a golf course.

Supporting Documentation

Bresee’s Hottake on Leasehold Preservation

• In the presentation, “BP” stands for best practices

Letter Re Orphaned Well Reclamation