Chas,Charles L. Cotton wrote:I need to see the amendment to see if it really does only that. But that was exactly the concern, because it was claimed that many mineral leases have a "no guns" provision so Farmer Brown doesn't have to let oil company employees on his land with guns.frazzled wrote:Cool. Sounds like a good amendment. Leases are private property of the leaseholders (ie farmer Bob) with mineral rights leased to the E&P developer. This protects them from worker hooligans on thier very private land.
Chas.
I work for an oil drilling company, and I also was a Petroleum Landman (never certified, because it was not my intended career path), and most oil/gas leases do not contain a "no guns" provision, and most Oil/Gas drilling companies and operators prohibit their employees from having firearms period. Most of the time, their employees are contracted out (in the case of an operator and a drilling company), and therefore, those contracts usually also include a "no firearms" policy for indemnity and liability purposes.
My $0.02 --- for what it's worth in today's economy, probably $1,000,000,000,000 Rubles.