Will Huguet

Will maintains a robust energy sector and property law practice focused on helping oil and gas companies, midstream operators, landowners, and businesses navigate complex operational, transactional, and litigation matters. He regularly advises clients on oil and gas title, lessor demands, working interest disputes and litigation, due diligence and curative, purchase and sale agreements, gas gathering agreements, exploration and farm-out agreements, joint operating agreements, mineral leases, saltwater disposal, regulatory compliance, and surface use issues involving well pads, roads, pipelines, powerlines, frac ponds, and related infrastructure.

An accepted expert in “Title and Mineral Law” who has provided expert testimony before Louisiana’s First Judicial District, Will was also the Editor of the award-winning landman publication, The Register, for the Ark-La-Tex Association of Professional Landmen. Will is highly experienced in resolving disputes involving mineral rights, mineral leases, royalty payments, unitization, surface use, property rights, and operational compliance. As an advocate and litigator, he represents energy companies and other stakeholders in matters involving energy-related contracts and rights, title disputes, property rights, trespass, timber piracy, access, and regulatory issues, with particular fluency in Louisiana’s oil and gas statutory and regulatory framework. Will often advises on La. R.S. 30:10, La. R.S. 31:137, La. R.S. 30:103.1, concursus/interpleader, unleased mineral owners, obtaining State mineral leases or operating agreements, continuous operations, shut-in payments, production in paying quantities, and the public records doctrine.

Will is also frequently called upon by various businesses, timber companies and large landowners to advise on acquisitions and divestitures of land, minerals, and royalty interests, title matters, curative, oil and gas matters, servitudes, road and access issues, surface use, farming and hunting leases, trespass and boundary issues, and broader property management concerns.

Will has given numerous presentations on oil and gas, property-related matters, and carbon capture and sequestration. He is an industry pioneer in negotiating unique carbon capture deals. In recent years, Will has been heavily involved in drafting and negotiating carbon sequestration servitude and lease agreements. These transactions involve more than 200,000 acres in Louisiana and Texas, together with other legal and regulatory facets of CCUS, including appearing before the Louisiana Office of Mineral Resources regarding state-owned lands. Notably, Will is an active member of the LMOGA Carbon Committee.

Will is valued by clients, colleagues, and matter constituents alike for providing practical solutions and explanations that everyone can understand. He is appreciated for finding common ground without compromising what his client needs to succeed, as well as for being a dealmaker who keeps client matters on track and progressing toward the right result.