Downturn Survival Guide Part 1 – Diet Tips for the Struggling Landman
Diet tips for a struggling out of work landman
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State of the Industry: Intro to the Downturn Survival Guide
Part 1: Diet Tips for the Struggling Landman Part 2: Good Grief (Coming Soon) Saving Cents: Not Actual Financial Advice (Coming Soon) How Desperate Are You? Romance in West Texas (Coming Soon) Sourcing Deals & Supplies at Industry Events (Coming Soon) What to do When There’s Nothing to do (Coming Soon) Preparing for the Next
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Overnight Millionaires [Archives] [Repost from July 10, 2013]
Since the discovery of oil as an energy source (as opposed to a lighting product), mineral owners in oil rich areas have been making fortunes from the drilling and extraction of oil and gas. Many old families amassed fortunes from the oil business and established wealth that their children and grandchildren still possess today (read The
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Quit Your Bitching
Quit Your Bitching Let’s not kid ourselves, when it comes to landmen, the creator broke the warranty clause in the vesting deed when he made me. I’m under no illusions that there are many landmen like me anymore, because (most of them are out of work) I actually give a fuck. Most of the guys
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An Industry of Waste [Repost from July 16, 2014] [Archives]
Overspending in the Oil & Gas Industry I do not recall typing up, or publishing, this post. Reading through it, I remember everything…but since it was from July of 2014, let’s just say it wasn’t fresh on my memory. I’m invoking the “back when I was a younger, dumber landman” clause for this one. Fuck…clause…now
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What Does a Landman Actually Do?
What Does a Landman Actually Do? Excellent question! If I had to encompass all the roles landmen can have in the industry, I think the best way to summarize would be “landmen fill the gaps.”
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Winners of the Reverse Caption Contest, 1st Place @MOAR_Drilling!
This weekend we had some great competition, but in the end my panel of esteemed Landbros, boasting over 7,000 years of combined experience had to pick the winners. A special thanks to @LandMannery, @LandmanBro, @Massive_Frac, @PermianLandman, and @LandmanNotes for helping as judges.
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Going Independent
In the Oil and Gas world there are really only two types of Landman, ‘In-House’ and ‘Independent’ Landmen. For those of you that aren’t familiar with Landman terminology, an ‘In-House’ Landman is your OU and Tech polo wearing bro that sits in the offices of Apache, Concho, Diamondback, Oxy, etc and are mostly doing mineral
Fartin’ in the Deed Room [Archives] [Repost from February 8, 2015] [Metal Head]
Fartin’ in the Deed Room by Metal Head initially appeared on February 8, 2015 before it was lost to the wold in a disastrous server update, which resulted in years of downtime for LandmanLife.com
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AAPL – modern day Royal Order of the Water Buffalo [Archives] [Repost from November 25, 2012] [TitleNazi]
The TitleNazi’s rant about the AAPL in all its glory. “AAPL – modern day Royal Order of the Water Buffalo.” This is a repost from November 25, 2012.