PETROLEUM LAND MANAGEMENT / RIGHT OF WAY AGENT/ O&G CONSTRUCTION
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Good Shepherds Land & Energy, LLC 2014 - Present
Landman/ ROW Agent / Project Manager – Texas
Managing Member with responsibilities including: negotiations of leases, right-of-way and surface agreements; regulatory interface/approval; contractor supervision; abstracting, title research and curative; negotiations of operation locations, access roads and right of ways, unitization and other similar agreements and land contracts
Responsible for providing land input for permitting, environmental and regulatory compliance, and access to drilling and facility locations, researching land ownerships, formulating strategies and assisting with negotiations involving land issues
Provide interface with landowners, industry partners, operations, engineering, drilling, marketing and geoscience relative to all lease, drilling, exploration, production, and pipeline activities
Cinco Energy Land Services, LLC 2014 – 2015
Field Landman/ ROW Agent / Project Manager –East Texas
Assisted in the preparation of East Texas title and due diligence projects from present to patent
Prepared mineral interest ownership reports and lease reports
Coordinated with Title Landmen using title ownership reports to assist in the process of leasing open acreage within the clients area of interest
Dawson Energy/Trinity Energy, 2013 – 2014
Field Landman/ ROW Agent – Permian Basin
Efficiently prepared over 30 lease title checks within clients’ specified sections of land in the Permian Basin while assisting in the negotiations of open deep rights of minerals
Efficiently prepared numerous lease checks within clients’ specified areas of interest situated in the University of Texas Lands System of Crockett County, TX while assisting in the negotiations and buying of mineral rights
BHP Billiton – Eagle Ford- Texas 2012– 2013
In-house Contract Surface Landman/ Right of Way Agent/ Drill-site Construction Project Manager
Successfully assisted in negotiations, preparation and executions of surface land agreements affecting property in the Blackhawk Production Unit of the Eagle Ford Shale (Victoria, Gonzales, DeWitt, Karnes, Bee, Lavaca Counties)
Efficiently coordinated, managed, and facilitated strategic land selections within BHP formed units ranging from 320-720 acres for 55+ pad-sites and infrastructure route/road selections, 160+ well-sites, and 30+ frac pits in BHP Billiton’s Blackhawk Division of 120,000+ acres in the Eagle Ford Shale formation
Reliably demonstrated onsite relationships with the Land, Operations, Production & Construction Management teams and fielded inquiries from mineral owners, land owners, key governmental agencies, and working interest partners
Assisted in: settlements of drill-site damages, acquisitions of rights-of-way, easements and related oil and gas agreements
Communicated daily reports & tasks directly with 5-40+ Land/ Operations/ Production employees and contractors including: landmen, surveyors, environmentalists, construction supervisors and foremen, water-transfer pipeline specialists, frac crew members, operations drilling technicians, county and state agents, and various sub-contractors, all successfully collaborating key information concerning well-site/access/ and frac-pit construction (from prelim-stakings through completion and production)
Significantly lowered the BHP Billiton’s operations costs of fracing and temporary water transfers by utilizing more precise pipeline routes using GIS mapping and developed strategic frac-pit locations for temporary water transfer usage when fracing numerous wells within a central operating area
Consistently provided strong teamwork interface with all field operations staff, drilling staff, surface owners, mineral owners, government agencies, engineering, construction personnel, surveyors, environmentalists, water transfer/frac specialists & contractors, ROW agents and all other internal and external parties required to execute the drilling schedule
Contributed critical land operation and drill-site construction related information while participating during client’s weekly meetings/conference-calls/e-reports: BHP-Blackhawk Division Rig Status Report (12-26 drilling rigs in Blackhawk Division), BHP-Blackhawk Division Well Completions & Frac Schedule, and BHP Water Transfer Measurements & Status Report ; all of which inform globally the weekly updates concerning the division’s field operations and present schedules, project target goals, deadlines and overall coordination of construction, drilling, water transfers, fracking, and production
Byrd Land Services, Inc., - Eagle Ford & Permian Basin 2010 – 2013
In-house Contract Surface Landman / Right of Way Agent / Drill-Site Construction Project Manager,
• Accurately and timely performed title activities including but not limited to: running title research from sovereignty-present of both fee and mineral estates ; constructing runsheets including flowcharts, Tobin maps & summaries of all relevant title documents; preparing mineral ownership reports; deed plots; legal drafting /preparation, and execution of contracts and agreements utilized in exploration and production field operations
Independently conducted, managed, and satisfied curative assignments of title opinions
Cotulla Oil Associates – Central Texas, Austin Chalk 2010 – 2010
Contract Landman / Project Manager,
Title Agent responsible for researching and acquiring mineral acres for clients in the Luling Branyon, Dunlap, and Salt Flat Fields of the Austin Chalk and Edwards Formations
Leasing Agent responsible for researching mineral interest owners, drafting correct legal documents, and obtaining executed documents from each owner to solidify 100% leased mineral interests in the client’s area of play
RedSky Land LLC, -Barnett Shale & Eagle-Ford Shale 2007 – 2010
Contract Project Manager / Landman –Leasing, Title, Surface Negotiator
Title & Leasing Agent responsible for researching and acquiring 20,000+ acres for client in the Barnett Shale (Johnson & Tarrant County, TX), and Title Agent/ Quality Control Agent within a team responsible for researching and acquiring 40,000+ acres in the Eagle Ford Shale (Frio, La Salle, McMullen, Live Oak, Atascosa Counties)
Effectively assisted in title research, curative title, and leasing efforts as well as diligently completed/reviewed/quality controlled 500+ full mineral title reports for the client within the above said Barnett Shale and Eagle Ford Shale Counties
Competently performed land duties as a member of an integral land team that produced 10,000+ lot & block, urban subdivision leases within 50+ Chesapeake formed units/prospects, ranging in size from 300-720 acres
KEY SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Po...
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