Oil & gas collections · Houston, TX
When a Houston oil & gas customer stops paying, most collectors send three letters and close the file. We do not. We recover unpaid oil & gas invoices throughout the Gulf Coast using the leverage that actually moves these accounts — and you pay nothing unless we collect.
Oil & gas is a real part of the Houston economy, and wherever there is that much activity there is non-payment. We know how oil & gas business gets done in the Gulf Coast — drilling, drilling contractor, rig, the paperwork that proves a debt, and the pressure points that get a non-paying Houston business to the table. When a customer has simply stopped paying, that is a commercial collection problem, not an accounting one.
An oilfield service company, a sand hauler, a wireline crew, or anyone furnishing material or labor for mineral activities may have a lien under Property Code ch. 56 — but the affidavit is due within six months of the day the indebtedness accrues (§ 56.021), measured from accrual rather than from the day the well finished. A subcontractor also owes the property owner written notice at least ten days before filing. A job billed in stages can have several clocks running at different points, which is exactly how creditors lose the lien while believing they have months left.
A suit on a Houston account is filed in Harris County, with the Harris County District Clerk. Harris County runs 5 statutory county courts at law. Houston is not contained by one county. The city limits reach into Fort Bend, Montgomery and Waller Counties as well, and that matters here more than it sounds: a mineral lien affidavit is recorded with the county clerk where the property actually sits, not where your office is or where the customer's billing address happens to be. A Houston address is not by itself an answer to which clerk gets the filing. Most commercial accounts resolve long before any of that, and we are a collection agency rather than a law firm — but knowing where the account would land is part of deciding whether pursuing it is worth your money.
Houston is roughly a 3.6-hour drive from Dallas. We still go — it just means a field visit is planned rather than spontaneous, and we tell you before we spend a day on one.
General information for commercial creditors, not legal advice. Deadlines turn on facts we have not seen — confirm specifics with qualified counsel before relying on any of it.
Your leverage
Texas mineral liens (Property Code Ch. 56) carry tight filing deadlines measured in months, not years. We act fast to preserve and assert those rights through licensed counsel — leverage most agencies miss entirely.
Midland, Odessa, and the broader basin run on service companies that get stiffed by operators hiding behind disputes. We know the players, the paper, and how to make a well-funded operator pay what it owes.
FAQ
Yes. We pursue oil & gas accounts throughout Houston and the Gulf Coast, and nationwide through a network of licensed collection attorneys. There is no upfront cost — we work on contingency, and the fee is agreed before you place anything.
Stop calling and start documenting. Pull the invoices, the contract or purchase order, proof of delivery or acceptance, and the exact legal entity name of the debtor — not the trade name. Then check which deadline governs the account, because the leverage in this trade runs on a short clock. Silence usually means the debtor has decided you are not a priority, which is a different problem from inability to pay and is solved differently.
In Harris County, with the Harris County District Clerk. Which court depends on the amount and the relief sought, and that is the filing attorney's decision. Below the district and county courts, a justice court anywhere in Texas handles claims up to $20,000 (Tex. Gov't Code § 27.031) — the same ceiling in all 254 counties, not a local rule.
As soon as it is clearly past due rather than merely late. Mineral lien affidavits are due within six months of when the debt accrued, and that window closes while the account still looks collectible. The expensive mistake is almost never acting too early.
No. We take commercial accounts only — money one business owes another. That is why the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which governs consumer debt, generally does not reach this work. If the person who owes you is an individual consumer, we are not the right agency and we will tell you so.
Nothing upfront. We work on contingency — no retainer, no monthly minimum, and a fee charged only against funds actually recovered. The fee is agreed before you place anything.
Tell us what you're owed and we'll tell you exactly how we'd go after it. The review is free, and you pay nothing unless we collect.
Free and confidential · No upfront cost · You pay only if we collect
