Snapshot
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- Mineral and leasehold ownership disputes
- Joint operating agreement disputes
- Title opinions, title curative and division order work
- Deed, oil and gas lease, assignment and industry agreement drafting
- Pooling and PSA / Allocation Wells
- Surface use and pipeline easement agreements
- Acquisition and divestiture of producing and nonproducing assets
- Carbon capture, carbon sequestration and geothermal energy leasing
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- Independent Operators
- Midstream and Surface Use Counterparties
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- Board Certified in Oil, Gas & Mineral Law (Texas)
- Texas Super Lawyer
- Former landman
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- West Texas, East Texas, South Texas
- Ohio (Utica, Point Pleasant)
- Dallas area (Barnett Shale)
Details
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- South Texas College of Law, JD
- University of Texas at Austin, BA in Government
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State Bar of Texas – Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section
State Bar of Texas – Real Estate, Brobate & Trust Law Section
Houston Association of Professional Landmen
West Houston Association of Professional Landmen
Lance Joiner
Partner
Lance Joiner advises oil and gas operators on ownership disputes, title curative work, joint operating agreements, surface use agreements and pipeline easements, and acquisition and divestiture due diligence across Texas and Ohio, with an emerging practice in carbon capture and geothermal energy leasing.
Title Opinions, Oil and Gas Transactions, and Carbon Capture and Geothermal Leasing
He has drafted and reviewed hundreds of title opinions over his career, including acquisition, drilling, division order and supplemental opinions, and regularly manages teams of attorneys working alongside landmen, division order analysts, and in-house counsel on title examination and transactional due diligence.
Alongside the title and deal work, Lance drafts and interprets deeds, oil and gas leases, assignments, and other industry agreements, and handles pooling, allocation well, and regulatory matters. That same foundation now supports his work negotiating leases for carbon capture, carbon sequestration, and geothermal energy projects.
Before joining Feighny Hartle, Lance worked as a landman and spent time at two well-regarded Houston oil and gas firms. That experience still shapes how he advises clients, favoring a practical path forward over a technically complete answer that cannot be implemented. At his first firm he served as the designated training attorney, working directly with roughly fifty new lawyers, and he continues to enjoy mentoring.
Recognition, Speaking and Personal Background
He also writes and presents regularly on general oil and gas topics such as deed interpretation, joint operating agreements, pooling, and allocation wells.
Lance is Board Certified in Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He was named a Texas Super Lawyer each year from 2022 to 2026 and received a Houstonia Magazine Top Lawyer honor in 2021.
Outside the office, Lance grew up around his family’s construction business and plays guitar, bass, and drums. He also enjoys spending time with his wife and three children.
Recognition
Texas Super Lawyer (2022-2026)
Houstonia Magazine Top Lawyer in Houston (2021)
Presentations & Publications
Cromwell v. Anadarko: The End of the Anadarko Washout, Houston Association of Professional Landmen Monthly Luncheon (September 2025).
Walk Before You Runsheet: How to Prepare a Concrete Abstract, American Association of Professional Landmen 71st Annual Meeting (June 2025).
Carbon Capture Projects: Considerations, Potential Roadblocks, Contractual Provisions, and State Regulatory Oversight, Houston Association of Professional Landmen Technical Workshop (April 2022); American Association of Professional Landmen Southwest Land Institute (August 2022).
Pooling without Pooling: The History of PSA and Allocation Wells in Texas, Section Report of the Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (November 2021).
To Pool or Not to Pool: The Path to PSA and Allocation Wells, Houston Association of Division Order Analysts Luncheon at the Petroleum Club of Houston (August 2021).
Oil and Gas Deed Interpretation, Houston Association of Division Order Analysts Luncheon at the Petroleum Club of Houston (October 2018); Permian Basin Association of Division Order Analysts Spring Seminar (April 2019); Permian Basin Landmen’s Association Spring Education Seminar (April 2021).
Yours, Mine, and Ours – Operating Agreements and the Parties they Govern, Operating Agreements in Oil and Gas, Half Moon Education (October 2015).
The Inherent Ambiguity of Instrument Interpretation or – How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Not Being Omniscient, State Bar of Texas Continuing Legal Education Seminar (August 2012).
Clarifying the Parties’ Intent – Grains of Clarity in a Desert of Interpretive Confusion, State Bar of Texas Continuing Legal Education Seminar (November 2010).
