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KEY PROJECTS:Spearheaded the formation of the first drill island in state lands within Potash area in Lea County, NM, by developed relationships with federal and state regulators, which allowed Amtex to hold 1,800+ acres that would have expired, enabling an additional 20 horizontal well locations to be drilled successfully.Developed the company’s Land Department from scratch, including implementing Land roles and responsibilities, creating land files, bringing in GIS capabilities, setting up company base map on ESRI mapping software ArcMap, and utilizing IHS subscription data and public data to create more data-rich maps and labels. Established a company lease layer and map and assisted with development planning and surface facility logistics. Lead negotiator on a 6,500-acre divestiture of assets in Lea County, NM, including marketing the asset to potential buyers, negotiating multiple offers simultaneously, working with attorneys, and ultimately closed the deal that resulted in a 7x ROI. Reinvested over $30M of the proceeds in real property assets utilizing 1031 exchange vehicle.Other responsibilities include:Perform due diligence on operated assets to ensure well pay decks are set up correctly and revenue distributions are paid appropriately.Management experience includes supervising Landmen, Data Analyst and interns, as well as recruiting and creating offer letters for contract geologist, Senior Accountant, and Administrative Assistant.Establish company and employee goals, identify operational inefficiencies and implement internal best practices.Conduct annual review of data subscriptions such as IHS, DrillingInfo, and others. Assist with setup and management of PETRA and its subscription database.Establish and implement strategic growth plan for asset acquisitions, including leasehold, mineral and well acquisitions.Evaluate business ventures outside of oil and gas, including commercial real estate and car wash businesses.

Houston, Tx

Prepared land to be drill ready by reviewing title opinions and curative, encompassing 30,000+ acres, performing thorough title examination on all tracts and working brokers to clean up title curative matters.Managed and reviewed work of five field landmen and assisted in the management of fifteen additional field landmen.Worked closely with legal counsel to determine the best path forward to handle complex and unique title situations.Handled multiple deals with outside companies including leasing minerals, negotiating and drafting various interest conveyances, participating in joint ventures, responding to third party proposals, etc.Drafted various contracts including assignments, lease amendments, mineral leases, and other conveyances.Created and implemented the outside operated and company operated balloting process for our asset teamWorked on the formation of a 3,000+ acre unit, managing and working with brokers to locate and contact all interest owners and analyze all land related documents in order to draft a unitization agreement, as well as preparing runsheets and chained title in the courthouses of Reeves and Culberson Counties.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Reviewed lease files, title opinions, etc. in order to determine our interest and what we still want to lease in various prospects.Prepared runsheets and chained title on New Mexico Permian Basin lands.Communicated with landmen from other companies to negotiate different types of unit agreements, etc.

Midland, Texas

Prepared runsheets and chained title in the courthouse of Upton County.Created Assignment and Bill of Sale instruments for the purchasing of working interest.Worked with various legal documents in order to solve common problems of an oil and gas landman.

Worked on a privately owned ranch making barbed-wire fences and cutting, hauling, and chipping trees.