spatton@pattonfirm.com
EducatioN
Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, J.D./B.C.L, 2006
Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, B.A., 2002
Profesional & Civic Associations
Baton Rouge Bar Association
Louisiana State Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Louisiana Oil & Gas Association
Baton Rouge Association of Professional Landmen
Professional Landmen's Association of New Orleans
Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen
ArkLaTex Association of Professional Landmen
Houston Association of Professional Landmen
Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association, Carbon Committee Member
Louisiana Mineral Law Institute, Advisory Council Member
Scott R. Patton is a Managing Member of Patton Law Firm, LLC, and focuses his practice in the areas of oil, gas, and energy law. His experience includes oil & gas title examination; unitization; carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS); regulatory consultation; transactions; intrastate pipeline regulation; and litigation. Mr. Patton frequently represents operators before the State Mineral and Energy Board on State lease issues and the Office of Conservation on various regulatory matters.
Mr. Patton has drafted drilling and division order title opinions for oil and gas companies and mineral owners on acreage across the State Louisiana, including resource plays such as the Haynesville Shale, Cotton Valley, Tuscaloosa Marine Shale, Austin Chalk, as well as conventional Louisiana prospects and has handled numerous curative projects involving complex title issues. Mr. Patton frequently prepares unitwide division orders for operator clients.
Mr. Patton has represented various energy companies in the creation of drilling and production units across the State of Louisiana, including the establishment of reservoir wide units and secondary recovery projects, along with obtaining approval of alternate unit wells and cross unit alternate unit wells.
Mr. Patton also advises companies seeking to establish carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects in the State of Louisiana, including representation before the Office of Conservation, State Mineral and Energy Board, and Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. He has been involved with the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Ad Hoc Committee on Carbon Capture and the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association (LMOGA), Carbon Committee.
In 2007 and 2008, Mr. Patton served as Executive Counsel for the Office of Mineral Resources at the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, where he provided legal counsel to the Office of Mineral Resources and the Louisiana State Mineral and Energy Board.
Mr. Patton is admitted to practice in the State of Louisiana, the State of Texas, the United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Patton received his undergraduate degree from Washington & Lee University in 2002 and his Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Civil Law Degrees from Louisiana State University in 2006.
Presentations / Seminars
“Unitization in Louisiana - Office of Conservation: History, Procedures, and Recent Developments”
The 69th Annual LSU Mineral Law Institute, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 2022
“Louisiana’s Risk Fee Statute: Where Are We? Where Are We Going?”
AAPL Gulf Coast Land Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 2019“The New AAPL Joint Operating Agreement Form”
AAPL Gulf Coast Land Institute, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 2017“Louisiana Office of Conservation: Unitization and Other Proceedings”
ALTAPL Educational Seminar, Shreveport, Louisiana, February 2017“Unitization in Louisiana: Office of Conservation Procedures and Recent Developments”
AAPL Gulf Coast Land Institute, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 2014“Louisiana Office of Conservation Regulatory Realities”
LOGA Industry Seminar and CLE, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 2014“Mineral Lease Issues Arising Under Louisiana's Public Records Doctrine”
Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen Spring Seminar, Lafayette, Louisiana, May 2014“A Primer on Acquisitive Prescription and Possession Statements”
ALTAPL/AAPL Field Land Seminar, Shreveport, Louisiana, March 2012“What Does the State Own? Making Sense of the Red River Roller Coaster”
Lafayette Association of Petroleum Landmen Spring Seminar, Lafayette, Louisiana, May 2010“State Regulation of Intrastate Gas Storage Operators (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi)”
7th Annual Gas Storage Outlook Conference, Houston, Texas, January 2009“Economic Incentives for Oil and Gas Companies Operating in Louisiana”
Louisiana Oil and Gas: From SONRIS to Sunset, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 2008
Admissions
Louisiana, 2006
Texas, 2016
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States District Court for Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana