
Reflections
The Value Of Geriatric Landmen: Evolution By Passing Down Experience
The Impetus The other week I got an email from a young landman. We briefly met at a happy hour hosted by our company MYR Land Services and Alford O’Brien PLLC here in San Antonio. I won’t dox the kid, but he works with another landman broker here in town. He was nice enough to…

The Ruckus Saga
Unpaid and Undeterred: My Ongoing Battle with Ruckus Energy CEO Avi Mirman

EFT & Events
Leaning In: The Power Behind the #EFT Community

EFT & Events
4th Annual NAPE Kickoff Happy Hour presented by LandmanLife

Reflections
The Roadtrip to Nowhere and Why I’m Still Here

Reflections
2023 Unwrapped: A Year of Unforgettable Fun in the Landman Life

Reflections
2023: A Year of Growth, Gratitude, and Looking Forward to 2024

The Ruckus Saga
Avi Mirman’s Battalion Oil Bid for $450 Million: A Personal Perspective on His Unpaid Debt to Me

EFT & Events
The #EFT Community, Meetups, and Katy Trail Ice House TONIGHT

The Landman Log
The Weight

Reflections
Looking Back – August in Review

Books & Reviews
Books that Stand the Test of Time, My All Time Favorites

Rants
How Landmen Have Changed: The Badass Motherfuckers Before Us
Swag
The hat rack is coming back
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Five years on the wall

Rants
Loyalty Demanded but not Returned

Books & Reviews
and a Bottle of Rum [Book Review]

War Stories
Welcome to The Party – Motorboat’s Origin Story

Rants
Burn it Down and Salt the Ground

Rants
The Broken System – Time to Burn it Down

Guides
How to Find Your Voice in a Broken System

Rants
How the Shale Boom Ruined Landmen

War Stories
How Landmen Are Made: The Interns Origin Story

Guides
The Circle of Landman Life – How Landmen Are Made

Rants
What Happens When You Hit a Career Dead End? The Last Landman

Reflections
Life Comes At You Fast

Guides
The Value of a Professional Image

Beer & Leisure
What’s the Best Hazy IPA? Electric Jellyfish

Reflections
What’s the Rush? Live Your Life

Humor & Memes
Being Original and Owning an Idea

Reflections
Letting Yourself Down and Overcoming Failure to Find Redemption

Beer & Leisure
Cigars, Booze, Enjoy the Finer Things in Life

Industry Analysis
Different Types of Financial Backing in Oil and Gas

Reflections
Unplug and Unwind: Why Disconnecting is Essential

Reflections
Realignment

The Landman Log
Finding the Words

Reflections
Clients or Friends
Reflections
Falling Feels Life Flying

The Landman Log
Before the Sun

The Landman Log
Slowing Down to Explore Life

Reflections
Enjoy the Journey, Not the Destination

Reflections
A Toast to SBA, the Impermanence of Life, and the Value of EFT

Books & Reviews
What’s on my Kindle? Reading List for May 2023

Guides
Developing Curiosity – Thinking Like a Landman Can Change Your Life

Guides
Scratching the Surface – Working as a Surface Landman

Guides
Life on the Road in 2023 – Gear Guide – Part 1 – Business Essentials

The Landman Log
Landman Log – April 21, 2023 – Life is What You Make it, Appreciate the Journey

The Landman Log
Landman Log – April 17, 2023 – Practicing Gratitude, Adopting a Growth Mindset, and Being a Better Person

Books & Reviews
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden – Book Review

Guides
On the Road to Becoming an Independent Landman

Guides
The Challenges of Becoming an Independent Landman

EFT & Events
3rd Annual NAPE Kickoff Happy Hour

The Landman Log
Landman Log – January 26 – Small Minded Middle Managers

Rants
Peak Oil and the Cult of Renewables

The Landman Log
Landman Log – January 13 – Creative Inspiration

The Landman Log
Landman Log – January 12 – Burning Bridges

The Landman Log
Landman Log – January 10, 2023 – Ignore the Gatekeepers

War Stories
The Cow, The Lease Road, and The Sheriff (Part 1)

Reflections
With All the Time in the World, How Important is Health?

Rants
The Landman’s Worst Enemy

Announcements
Store Closing – Reminder!!!

Rants
The Digital Roadtrip to Nowhere

Reflections
Shoes on a Wire

Books & Reviews
Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition 2022 Review

Announcements
What is LandmanLife?

Reflections
The Hard Truth

EFT & Events
Kick Off Happy Hour Wrap-Up

Giveaways & Swag
LandmanLife Christmas Giveaway!

Guides
2021 Christmas Gift Guide

Books & Reviews
Winter Reading Guide

Announcements
LandmanLife is 11 Years Old!!!

Rants
The Shitco Suck

Videos
On the Rocks Ep 6

Reflections
The Oil and Gas Road

Videos
Episode 10 – TejanoBrown on the Ground – TB-10 – Wireline Logging

Books & Reviews
Summer Reading

Videos
On the Rocks Ep 5

EFT & Events
Summertime Madness

Videos
On the Rocks Ep 4

Videos
Episode 9 – TejanoBrown on the Ground – TB-9 – Bridge Plugs

Videos
On the Rocks Ep 3

Videos
Episode 8 – TejanoBrown on the Ground – TB-8 – Zero Degree Phasing

Videos
On the Rocks Ep 2

Videos
On the Rocks Ep 1

Videos
Episode 7 – TejanoBrown on the Ground – TB-7 – Addressable Switches

Videos
Episode 6 – TejanoBrown on the Ground TB-6 – Specialty Perf Guns

Videos
Episode 5 – TejanoBrown on the Ground TB-5 – Depth Control

Rants
A Better #EFT

Videos
Episode 4 – TejanoBrown on the Ground TB-4 – Junk Baskets

Videos
Episode 3 – TejanoBrown on the Ground TB-3 – Pressure Control

Guides
What Does a Landman Do? – Answers from a Surface Landman

Videos
Episode 2 – TejanoBrown on the Ground TB-2

Announcements
LandmanLife has a New Facebook Page!

Giveaways & Swag
Weekend Sale to Celebrate #EFTtattoo!

Videos
Debut of TejanoBrown on the ground!!! TB-1

Humor & Memes
THE BIGGEST ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF LANDMANLIFE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Humor & Memes
Having Fun With the Business Side of Things

War Stories
A Landman Walks into a Crawfish Boil…

War Stories
The Poker Game (Part 3)
Reflections
2020 Lookback

Reflections
Career Regrets, NOT a Career of Regret

War Stories
The Poker Game (Part 2)

From the Archives
Land Work in the Grand Scheme of the Oil and Gas Industry [Repost] [Archives]

War Stories
The Poker Game (Part 1)

From the Archives
Seismic Permitting
Humor & Memes
Too Big to Fail?
Industry Analysis
EP 3: Slide Deck Breakdown

Industry Analysis
EP 2: LPI Slide Deck Breakdown
Giveaways & Swag
Winner of the Chuck90 Caption Contest

Industry Analysis
EP 1: OVV Investor Relations

Rants
The Post Apocalyptic Landman

Giveaways & Swag
Ugly Swag Party Contest Winners!

Giveaways & Swag
Ugly Swag Party [Contest] [Giveaway]

Guides
Downturn Survival Guide Part 2 – Good Grief

Guides
Downturn Survival Guide Part 1 – Diet Tips for the Struggling Landman

Guides
State of the Industry: Intro to the Downturn Survival Guide

Announcements
Forklift Frank – New Release from @LandmanRadio

From the Archives
Overnight Millionaires [Archives] [Repost from July 10, 2013]

Rants
Quit Your Bitching

From the Archives
An Industry of Waste [Repost from July 16, 2014] [Archives]

Guides
What Does a Landman Actually Do?
Giveaways & Swag
Winners of the Reverse Caption Contest, 1st Place @MOAR_Drilling!

Guides
Going Independent
From the Archives
Fartin’ in the Deed Room [Archives] [Repost from February 8, 2015] [Metal Head]
From the Archives
AAPL – modern day Royal Order of the Water Buffalo [Archives] [Repost from November 25, 2012] [TitleNazi]

From the Archives
Define “Good Landman” [Archives] [Repost from November 27, 2012]
Giveaways & Swag
#EFT Caption Contest Giveaway Winners
Humor & Memes
I mean…I had to get rid of that oil [Meme]
Giveaways & Swag
#EFT Caption Contest Giveaway!

Guides
“You’re a businessman first and a Landman second.”

Guides
What is a Landman?

Rants
Moral Dilemma – Stuck in the Middle

Industry Analysis
A Farewell to Shale (Part 1) [ft @AandDBadBoy]

From the Archives
[REPOST] The Future of Landmen with Lowering Oil Prices

War Stories
The Legend of Jim Malloy

EFT & Events
2 Lessons from NAPE