Terminology, good and bad contract clauses and negotiating techniques were among the issues addressed by Minden attorney Sherburne Sentell, Jr. during Thursday’s Haynesville Shale public meeting.
Sentell, one of three speakers to address the affects the natural gas play could have on area land/mineral rights owners, offered a landowner’s point of view based on 30 years of experience working with oil and gas lease agreements.
Sentell began by telling the full-to-capacity crowd gathered at the Civic Center that some advice offered on Internet websites is incorrect, such as one site that advised the hiring of a “Louisiana certified” oil and gas attorney.
Negotiating deals, signing contracts and seeking prospects with high expectations is what’s happening at the North-Webster Industrial District (NWID).
Currently, the residents of the park provide jobs and benefits for approximately 595 employees. However, it appears the numbers won’t stop there.
The NWID recently signed an agreement with Willbros Pipeline of Houston to temporarily locate an administrative office and construction complex in the realms of the park. Willbros is in the process of constructing a 100-mile section of a 500-mile pipeline, which crosses near Sarepta.
Minden Mayor Bill Robertson and Public Works Director George Rolfe report many ongoing projects in the Public Works Department.
One of those projects involves clearing the tree canopy on the sewer distribution and electrical right-of-ways.
The crews started clearing the sewer right-of-way at the Wastewater Treatment Plant, located at Sibley Road and Kingwood Drive, and will be working north along Cooley Creek.
USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) recently announced that the application closing date for specific crops has been extended to Dec.1, 2008.
Ralph Laffitte, County Executive Director in the Webster/Claiborne/Bienville Parish Farm Service Agency Office, said, “These crops are: Christmas trees, catfish, strawberries, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, garlic, annual rye grass, fescue grass, greens, onions, blueberries, blackberries, oranges, kumquats, peaches, pears and pecans.” Laffitte stressed that the extension only applies to the 2009 crop year.
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