Michael J. Joubert Email & Phone Number

Lafayette, Louisiana

Lafayette, Louisiana Area

• Preparation oil and gas leases and other documents relating to oil and gas acquisition and operation.• Negotiate with mineral and surface owners for the acquisition of oil and gas leases and ROW contracts.• Preparation of base title abstracts for title examination.• Surface damage negotiations.• Generate prospect maps for in-house and client use.• Preparation of curative instruments.• Management of title research.• All aspects of lease and ROW acquisition including area-checks, negotiation and preparation of all documents.• Responsible for handling, settling and resolving all landowner complaints and grievances that arise during negotiations and operations.• Prepared and edited ratifications, oil and gas leases, ROW agreements and check requests.• Handling of escalated title and leasing issues. • Worked directly with surveying crews to determine ROW lines.• HBP acreage research and reports.• Created and maintained tract status reports, maps, the lease schedule, etc.

• Compiled abstracts of title.• Preparation of well runsheets utilized by attorneys in preparation of title opinions.• Responsibilities consisted of completion of abstracts of title in support of drilling title opinions for client’s interest in the Haynesville shale.• Quality control pertaining to all runsheets prior to submission to attorney.• Management of all courthouse research.

• Negotiate with mineral and surface owners for the acquisition of seismic permits, oil and gas leases and ROW contracts.• Preparation of base title abstracts for title examination.• Surface damage negotiations.• Generate prospect maps for in-house and client use.• Preparation of curative instruments.• Management of title research.• All aspects of lease and ROW acquisition including area-checks and negotiation.• 3-D Seismic Permitting.• Train new landmen in full title research, Lease and Seismic negotiation and acquisition.• Review contracts and title related to producing and non-producing properties.

• Trained for title research and abstracts of title.• Trained for contract acquisition and negotiations.• Preparation of lease packetts.• Negotiate with mineral and surface owners for the acquisition of oil and gas leases.• Drafted lease purchase reports, mineral and surface ownership reports.