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Landman (Contract)
Department: MEPUSA - Operations Location: Houston, TXSUMMARY:
Under the direction of the Land Supervisor, this position will be responsible for land-related activities within the company�s acreage position. The position will have a heavy focus on title, well-planning and regulatory. Prior Texas experience is a requirement. The Landman should anticipate a request for availability during business hours as well as in-office work at our headquarters in Houston, Texas with remote flexibility.
This position is a contract role.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsible to the Land Director for the following:
- Responsible for land work to include evaluating title (i.e. review of title abstracts, title opinions, evaluation and prioritization of curative, etc.).
- Contribute to clearance to drill (Land) after analysis of title opinions, coordination and delivery of curative.
- Reviews planned locations for drilling, able to identify material agreements, contracts, regulations, and schedules to confirm wellsite locations and report to Land Supervisor and integrated asset team.
- Excellent working knowledge of the land function within an integrated asset team that includes Engineering, Geoscience, Legal, Regulatory, and Midstream.
- Communicate timely with Land, Operations, Engineering, Geoscience, Accounting, Legal and Midstream with issues that may include operations decisions and potential planned targets.
- Responds, interacts and professionally represents themselves and Mitsui with co-workers, working interest owners, private landowners, consultants, etc.
- May provide support in the areas of division of interest setup, including but not limited to, calculation and maintenance of company working and net revenue interest.
- Basic understanding of managing field brokers on all facets of Land work, including budgeting, and cost tracking
- Working knowledge of lease forms and negotiations with mineral owners
REQUIRED SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- Outstanding team player with strong interpersonal skills to effectively work within a multi-disciplinary group to achieve project-related goals.
- Prior experience in operated oil and gas assets including expertise with planning, staking and permitting wells, drill clearance with prior experience (in-house) operations in the State of Texas.
- Knowledge of applicable county, state and federal regulatory rules and procedures.
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment independently or with little supervision.
- Strong PC skills including MS Office Suite, ArcGIS and Quorum.
- Good verbal/written communication, organization and time management skills.
- Ability to review, make recommendations, and implement workflow processes
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor�s degree Petroleum Land Management, Energy Management, Business, or a related field is required.
- A minimum of ten (10) years of in-house, broad-based working experience in traditional landman/land negotiator roles, or other relevant experience
- Solid knowledge of land management principles required.
- Experience in unconventional reservoir development preferred.
- Must have strong project management skills.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
- Fluent verbal and written skills in English.
LICENCES, CERTIFICATES, REGISTRATIONS:
- Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL) and/or local Landman Association membership.
- AAPL designation (RPL, CPL) is preferred.
WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- This job operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment.
- Eligible for Hybrid Telework Program
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