Negotiating Oil and Gas Leases on Indiana Farmland

Landowners in several Indiana counties continue to have an opportunity to lease or convey the rights to oil and gas exploration and production. Granting of rights to test-drill and to produce oil and gas is an important transfer of property rights. This publication describes how landowners should control this relationship through a lease and how they should become fully informed about the rights and duties of oil and gas exploration and producing companies.