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 …
An Industry of Waste [Repost from July 16, 2014] [Archives] Read More »
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.”
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.
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 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
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.
Define “good landman” because according to this definition for a “good lease man” I must not know any good landmen!
Summer of 2014, my last internship of college, oil was over $100 a barrel and I remember hearing those words as I was sitting in my mentors office at an undisclosed E&P in Oklahoma City. “You’re a businessman first and a Landman second.” A concept that seemed so simple but between 3 internships, countless interviews, …
“You’re a businessman first and a Landman second.” Read More »
Any of the old school LandmanLife readers know that I used to have a couple of guys that wrote posts for the site, all on their own prerogative, some were rants, others were stories, sometimes we got the serious shitpost that resulted in cease & desist letters (I did not remove that post, btw). The …
