Position : Landman Location : All Locations
Job Id : # of Openings : 1 Landman Job ID : POSITION SUMMARY & RESPONSIBILITIES : Diversified Energy is looking for a Landman to support its Central Division operations.
The Landman will report to the Director of Land for the Central Division and the role will focus on resolving issues for our Land, Operations, Domestic Gas Permitting, and Accounting teams as well as an initial contact point for Lessors and property owners.
The ideal candidate will have production related land field experience. Location : This role can sit remotely or in the following office locations;
Oklahoma City, OK; Canton, OH; Charleston, WV; Bridgeport, WV, or Waynesburg, PA.
Special focus will be placed on :
- Evaluating and negotiating routine well acquisitions and divestitures
- Addressing operational hurdles such as access issues, pipeline rerouted and permitting support
- Ensuring appropriate communications and paperwork are submitted to Management
- Obtaining and recording documents from courthouses
- Resolving routine and complex ownership issues
- Supporting acquisition due diligence and records assimilation
- Serving as point-of-contact for assigned projects
- Researches and provides documentation of leases, rights-of-way, joint ventures, and other types of oil and gas agreements
- Performs in-house title information gathering, organizes and analyzes title documents to assess rights information, and performs internal title updates
- Provide support to the Engineering, Drilling, and Operations teams
- Experience in or ability to prepare and execute leases, rights of way documents
- Ability to manage Land Contractors or Land Brokers on a particular project
- Knowledgeable with Joint Operating Agreements, Farm-ins & Farm-outs, and other Oil & Gas related agreements
- Ability to identify omissions or errors on a lease or title, takes the appropriate steps to cure them
- Negotiates and Settles Damage Settlements
POSITION REQUIREMENTS :
- Bachelor’s Degree in Land or Business or related field is preferred or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Oil and Gas Land field experience with a production company is preferred
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Demeanor that will project a positive image for the company
- Ability to work independently with some guidance
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (including Access and Excel), PDF, GIS and oil and gas accounting software programs
- Member of MLBC or AAPL preferred