Land Analyst II - Haynesville

Land Analyst II - Haynesville

This intermediate level position provides analysis and prepares Land documentation in order to deliver Land and technical support for Acquisitions and Divestitures, Data Requests, Lease payments, and Joint Ventures. The Land Analyst II will support the Haynesville asset.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Utilize company tools and systems to perform agreement maintenance
• Develops proposals and communication to 3rd parties by collecting supporting documentation including AFEs, Plats, Permits, etc., and routes and tracks approvals
• Communicate with Accounting to ensure all partner billings are accurate and to capture invoice detail to provide to Accounting for the General Ledger
• Assist internal auditors with partner related issues
• Assist a senior analyst as needed to aid in identifying assets to be included in a potential trade or divesture
• Utilize company tools and systems to gather and perform advanced analysis of data
• Assist in reviewing transaction defect notices
• Implement, maintain and process quality control (QC) reports for Land; utilization of company tools and systems to ensure completeness and accuracy of reports
• Manage Land metric reporting needs
• Create, maintain, and update new and existing lease record information in Land systems and applications
• Research, analyze, and interpret standard and routine title opinions, ownership reports, and other curative documents
• Ensure and verify that lease records are accurate and up-to-date and include all pertinent information including lease, payment, ownership and special obligations
• Review, prepare, and disseminate land record reports to ensure any special obligations, payments, and expirations are made on time and are accurate
• Research and prepare memorandums of lease extensions, release of oil and gas leases, and assignments of oil and gas leases to ensure ownership is reflected correctly from the record title
• Prepares, compiles, and processes lease packets
• Retrieves, reviews and verifies leases, title, curative for unit review
• Maintains, organizes, and tracks budgets, well, lease information, elections, proposals, and broker activity in land system databases and virtual files
• Performs general well maintenance, such as monitoring expirations, filing contracts of record, and updating in system databases and virtual files
• Validates that the correct payment is being made by looking at ownership reports, title opinions, etc.
• Generates information from GIS mapping systems, making recommendations in GIS system as needed
• Reconciles lease information, such as curative needs, missing leases, competitor acreage, land owner issues, etc.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Job Specific Skills:

• Intermediate understanding of core functions of the various groups in the Land Department and the interdependencies between each department
• Intermediate understanding of basic Land practices and terminology including but not limited to lease terms, identifying ownership information, acreage terminology, and lease and well statuses.
• Knowledge of the life of a well and the various impacts on systems and data through the well's lifecycle
• Ability to independently serve as a liaison between Expand and the partner
• Ability to write change communication and training documents in an effective and concise manner
• Intermediate understanding of Land process workflows and functions, specifically those surrounding lease data
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, specifically an advanced understanding of Microsoft Excel formulas, functions and pivot tables
• Understanding of basic 1099 reporting requirements
• Basic working knowledge of the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) tables for utilization in Land reporting
• Understanding of system and network guidelines for managing large quantities of data and applying those guidelines during data transfers
• Ability to read, understand and maintain Land Service Agreements (LSA's) with vendors

Education:

• Minimum: High school diploma or GED
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree - from accredited university

Experience:

• Minimum: 2 years related work experience within the oil and gas industry

Expand Energy takes necessary action to ensure that all applicants are treated without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, pregnancy, military or veteran status or any other protected characteristic as established by law.