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Bay City, MI

Saginaw, Michigan

Electrical/Gas Distribution

Charlotte, North Carolina

Entity created for contract 1099 Oil and Gas Work.

Parkersburg, West Virginia Area

Acquired seismic permitting and oil and gas leases in Ohio, with a focus on the Knox dolomite, a conventional oil and gas play. Participated in production meetings to review progress being made in the prospect area, address landowner questions, and relay new information to educate landowners. Prepared and reviewed lease documents, negotiated access rights.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Conducted forty-year surface title research in multiple counties along the Dakota Access Pipeline throughout Iowa. Evaluated court records and prepared detailed reports outlining surface ownership. Reviewed title reports, identified concerns to be addressed by the legal department, and compiled data for client analysis. Performed curative and genealogy.

Parkersburg, West Virginia Area

Researched surface and mineral ownership for drill sites in the Appalachian basin focused on the Marcellus Shale in West Virginia. Evaluated real estate title and provided detailed reports outlining surface and subsurface mineral ownership. Provided active and shut in well reports along with associated leases and assignments. Reviewed title reports.

Woodsfield, OH

Negotiated leases and performed mineral ownership research in the Appalachian Basin focused on the Marcellus and Utica Shale in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. Negotiated oil and gas leases, surface damage clauses, and seismic permitting with landowners, in an effort to increase the client’s leasehold position in the prospect. Conducted drill site.

Allen, MI

Negotiated of oil and gas leases in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan with focus on the Niagaran Reef Trend, a conventional oil and gas play. Participated in production meetings to review progress being made in the prospect area, addressing landowner questions landowners, and relay new information to educate landowners. Acquired mortgage subordinations for.

Tyler, Texas Area

Drill site title research and curative in West Virginia focused in the Marcellus shale formation for the development of oil and gas. Examined real estate title and provided reports outlining surface and subsurface mineral ownership. Development of survey packages needed for drilling permits in West Virginia. Provided active and shut in well reports with.

Alpena, MI

Negotiated oil and gas leases with landowners in northeastern Pennsylvania in the Marcellus shale formation and in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan in the Glenwood and Prairie de Chein formations. Met with landowners and negotiated lease language and addendums prior to execution of oil and gas lease. Trained junior lease buyers to close leases and notarize.

Scranton, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Caro, MI; Luddington, MI; Cambridge, OH

Researched mineral ownership and made leasehold acquisitions in the Marcellus shale and Utica shale in Pennsylvania, Ohio and in the Glenwood and Prairie de Chein formations in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Negotiated leases for oil and gas exploration and production in non-conventional plays. Acquired mortgage subordinations for properties within.

Scranton, PA

Negotiated leases and performed mineral ownership research in the Appalachian Basin focused on the Marcellus and Utica Shale in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. Negotiated oil and gas leases, surface damage clauses, and seismic permitting with landowners, in an effort to increase the client’s leasehold position in the prospect. Conducted drill site.

Scranton, PA

Negotiated oil and gas leases with landowners in northeastern Pennsylvania in the Marcellus shale formation and in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan in the Glenwood and Prairie de Chein formations. Met with landowners and negotiated lease language and addendums prior to execution of oil and gas lease. Trained junior lease buyers to close leases and notarize.

Charlotte, NC

Performed surface ownership research, cell site acquisition, and right of way acquisition throughout central and southern Georgia in an effort to secure survey permissions. Determined and verified land ownership, drafted documents, prepared ownership files, negotiated property access rights for surveys. Met with town officials to determine and document.

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