The Roadtrip to Nowherehttps://www.landmanlife.com/https://www.landmanlife.com/2-lessons-from-nape/https://www.landmanlife.com/2-lessons-from-nape/Jack learns a couple of lessons at NAPE about screwing over a shark…long story short, it’s never a good idea.Fri, 21 Feb 2020 02:11:00 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/2020-lookback/https://www.landmanlife.com/2020-lookback/Date: 12/31/2020 Location: An unidentified airport in the United States. Ho Lee Shit, what a fucking year it has been. A wild ride for the ages. I HOPE WE NEVER DO THIS AGAIN. Yes, the year has sucked ass but it hasn’t been a total waste. Below is my Intern Field Notes 2020 Highlight Real…Thu, 31 Dec 2020 10:52:27 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/2021-christmas-gift-guide/https://www.landmanlife.com/2021-christmas-gift-guide/Don’t know what to get for your friends, family, or yourself this Christmas? We’ve got you covered with a list of some of our favorite gear this year!Fri, 26 Nov 2021 14:42:27 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/2023-a-year-of-growth-gratitude-and-looking-forward-to-2024/https://www.landmanlife.com/2023-a-year-of-growth-gratitude-and-looking-forward-to-2024/Thoughts from the Intern The correct title of this post is “2023: The Intern has a lot to be grateful for!” but El Jefe and ChatGPT told me it wasn’t good enough and wasn’t optimal, bla bla bla… My title is better and I won’t hear otherwise. – The Intern, December 30th, 2023 at about…Sat, 30 Dec 2023 11:53:32 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/2023-unwrapped-a-year-of-unforgettable-fun-in-the-landman-life/https://www.landmanlife.com/2023-unwrapped-a-year-of-unforgettable-fun-in-the-landman-life/The Intern shared his end of the year thoughts with us yesterday, and that got me motivated to do the same. Let’s get started. Making New #EFT Friends Writing about #EFT over the past year, I can’t not mention SBA. We lost him in June, and that was a real shock to me and a…Sun, 31 Dec 2023 13:17:57 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/3rd-annual-nape-kickoff-happy-hour/https://www.landmanlife.com/3rd-annual-nape-kickoff-happy-hour/Come join us for the 3rd Annual NAPE Kickoff Happy Hour on Tuesday, January 31 at Reserve 101 from 5pm to 7pm Make sure you register before the event to make the check in processes quicker! REGISTER HERE Hosted by LandmanLife and Holmes Law Sponsored by USI, All Points Equipment and Hauling, Truist Fri, 27 Jan 2023 15:03:10 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/4th-annual-nape-kickoff-happy-hour-presented-by-landmanlife/https://www.landmanlife.com/4th-annual-nape-kickoff-happy-hour-presented-by-landmanlife/It’s that time of year again everybody, time to dust off those roundtoes and pick up your sports coat from the cleaners because NAPE starts this week! As always, (or…you know, for the past 4 years), we are hosting the NAPE Kickoff Happy Hour on Tuesday, February 6th from 5-7pm. That’s…in 2 days if ySun, 04 Feb 2024 19:35:36 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/a-better-eft/https://www.landmanlife.com/a-better-eft/A couple of weeks ago arguments started that are still weighing on our community. People took sides. Things got heated, and then the personal attacks started. Like a set of dominos, almost all of us got dragged into this somehow. The dominos 10 pieces away might not matter to you, but they kept fallFri, 25 Jun 2021 17:04:14 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/a-farewell-to-shale-part-1-ft-aanddbadboy/https://www.landmanlife.com/a-farewell-to-shale-part-1-ft-aanddbadboy/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 Fri, 27 Mar 2020 01:47:03 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/a-landman-walks-into-a-crawfish-boil/https://www.landmanlife.com/a-landman-walks-into-a-crawfish-boil/Making Plans We stayed with LandmanWife’s cousin for the weekend, he’s apparently a lurker on #EFT but kept asking, “what the hell is this thing you’re taking me to?” The wives raised a very valid point that me and LW’s cousin have an impressive track record when it comes to getting kicked out of reMon, 26 Apr 2021 16:33:52 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/a-toast-to-sba-the-impermanence-of-life-and-the-value-of-eft/https://www.landmanlife.com/a-toast-to-sba-the-impermanence-of-life-and-the-value-of-eft/Yesterday, the #EFT community received devastating news of the loss of one of its most authentic supporters. The shock and deep sadness that washed over me, and I know I’m not alone, upon learning that @SadBillAckman is no longer with us was overwhelming. In honor of the good times he brought us allMon, 12 Jun 2023 21:40:53 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/aapl-modern-day-royal-order-of-the-water-buffalo-archives-repost-from-november-25-2012-titlenazi/https://www.landmanlife.com/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.Wed, 06 May 2020 19:49:34 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/an-industry-of-waste-repost-from-july-16-2014-archives/https://www.landmanlife.com/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. FucThu, 14 May 2020 19:28:46 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/and-a-bottle-of-rum-book-review/https://www.landmanlife.com/and-a-bottle-of-rum-book-review/Taking a break from the doom and gloom to cheer everyone up with a delightful Cuba Libre. “and a Bottle of Rum” by Wayne Curtis is a well narrated history of rum and the New World which it helped found. Looking at history through the context of the first truly American spirit gives new context…Fri, 25 Aug 2023 19:20:55 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/avi-mirmans-battalion-oil-bid-for-450-million-a-personal-perspective-on-his-unpaid-debt-to-me/https://www.landmanlife.com/avi-mirmans-battalion-oil-bid-for-450-million-a-personal-perspective-on-his-unpaid-debt-to-me/FIrst, A Disclaimer I had written this post before Avi Mirman called me to talk two nights ago. We visited about how Ruckus Energy fell apart, and Avi acknowledged that he would be pissed off if he was in my same position. While we might get together and have a couple of beers, we still…Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:28:15 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/before-the-sun/https://www.landmanlife.com/before-the-sun/The rays of sunlight begin peaking over the eastern horizon, casting shadows across the highway on a still summer morning. Off to his left he can see the dew and low lying fog in the pastures between the hills. He’s tried to capture those moments on camera, but they’re best experienced first hand. EThu, 03 Aug 2023 19:36:18 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/being-original-and-owning-an-idea/https://www.landmanlife.com/being-original-and-owning-an-idea/A couple of people have sent me a tweet from some guy in Alberta with his “OnlyRigs” logo. This happens a lot, and there’s nothing that I can or will do about it. I think my design was more true to form and looks more legit than his, but he was lazy about it and…Tue, 15 Aug 2023 10:34:12 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/books-that-stand-the-test-of-time-my-all-time-favorites/https://www.landmanlife.com/books-that-stand-the-test-of-time-my-all-time-favorites/The Books That Stand the Test of Time Fiction Non-Fiction Oil Industry Business Fiction The Rum Diary I’ve read a lot of Hunter S. Thompson, but something about this short novel has always really appealed to me. There isn’t much of a purpose but it’s a well written story. Maybe it’s the lack of direThu, 31 Aug 2023 14:57:20 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/burn-it-down-and-salt-the-ground/https://www.landmanlife.com/burn-it-down-and-salt-the-ground/I’ve spent the past couple of days posting about how the landman and broker system is broken. If you haven’t read any of those rants, it’s probably a good place to start. This post below was sent to us this morning, I have not altered any of it. The Disillusioned are everywhere. In our complacency [Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:27:19 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/career-regrets-not-a-career-of-regret/https://www.landmanlife.com/career-regrets-not-a-career-of-regret/Career Regrets, NOT a Career of Regret Things are bad for everyone in 2020. Even if you’re “doing well” by current standards, that doesn’t mean you’re not dealing with the mental/emotional/professional/economic/social fallout that seems to be touching every aspect of life this year. A fuck ton of myTue, 20 Oct 2020 22:08:57 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/christmas-giveaway/https://www.landmanlife.com/christmas-giveaway/2021 has been an amazing year for us, and we’re closing things out with a bang! Giving to charity (10% of all order totals for the rest of the year are being donated to Oilfield Helping Hands) isn’t all we do here at LandmanLife, we also love to give back to our customers and friends.…Thu, 09 Dec 2021 12:46:28 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/cigars-booze-enjoy-the-finer-things-in-life/https://www.landmanlife.com/cigars-booze-enjoy-the-finer-things-in-life/This summer, for no reason other than a reversion to old habits, I’ve started smoking cigars again. That’s led to to getting a new humidor, buying more cigars than I need, and starting to find new spirits to pair with my new hobby. While a fine cigar can be enjoyed with a couple ice cold…Thu, 10 Aug 2023 21:02:02 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/clients-or-friends/https://www.landmanlife.com/clients-or-friends/You can have both, but there’s a difference between the two. Friendships can lead to clients, but that can also end up ruining your friendship if things go to shit. Clients can lead to friendships, but again…you can fuck up a client relationship if you do something wrong and you’re being perceived aSat, 05 Aug 2023 23:26:34 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/debut-of-tejanobrown-on-the-ground-tb-1/https://www.landmanlife.com/debut-of-tejanobrown-on-the-ground-tb-1/Thu, 03 Jun 2021 15:05:36 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/define-good-landman-archives-repost-from-november-27-2012/https://www.landmanlife.com/define-good-landman-archives-repost-from-november-27-2012/Define “good landman” because according to this definition for a “good lease man” I must not know any good landmen!Wed, 06 May 2020 19:43:48 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/developing-curiosity-thinking-like-a-landman-can-change-your-life/https://www.landmanlife.com/developing-curiosity-thinking-like-a-landman-can-change-your-life/One of the most important aspects of being a landman (an actual landman, not one of the cold callers for a mineral buying company that just calls themselves a landman) is our problem-solving approach. The analytical way in which a landman learns to gather information is similar to the now-defunct prSat, 29 Apr 2023 10:10:52 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/different-types-of-financial-backing-in-oil-and-gas/https://www.landmanlife.com/different-types-of-financial-backing-in-oil-and-gas/How This Idea Started A couple of weeks ago I was talking with some other landbros about the differences between some of the large PE shops. Here’s a disclaimer: this post, and pretty much everything I do, comes through the lens of being a landman. Things might be drastically different if you’re a gWed, 09 Aug 2023 14:57:41 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/downturn-survival-guide-part-1-diet-tips-for-the-struggling-landman/https://www.landmanlife.com/downturn-survival-guide-part-1-diet-tips-for-the-struggling-landman/Diet tips for a struggling out of work landmanThu, 16 Jul 2020 21:27:54 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/downturn-survival-guide-part-2-good-grief/https://www.landmanlife.com/downturn-survival-guide-part-2-good-grief/How do you process the emotions when your career gets flushed down the drain by careless managers? Part 2 of the Downturn Survival Guid – Good Grief – By JoadsCukesFri, 17 Jul 2020 11:57:38 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/eft-caption-contest-giveaway/https://www.landmanlife.com/eft-caption-contest-giveaway/Alright everybody, another weekend and another giveaway. This time we’re gonna do a Caption Contest. Here are the details: In order to enter, you need to Like and RT this post with your caption Only the first submission for each account will be entered There are multiple judges (myself @LandmanLife,Sat, 02 May 2020 16:46:52 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/eft-caption-contest-giveaway-winners/https://www.landmanlife.com/eft-caption-contest-giveaway-winners/We had some good submissions, a couple that were a bit meh, and 1 or 2 that all of us keep shaking our heads at. There was a lot of focus on the safety aspect of speeding while tweeting, but let me assure everyone that no landmen were harmed during the creation of this post,…Sun, 03 May 2020 21:09:13 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/enjoy-the-journey-not-the-destination/https://www.landmanlife.com/enjoy-the-journey-not-the-destination/One of the core concepts that I keep circling back to when I contemplate the meaning of The Roadtrip to Nowhere is the importance of appreciating the journey rather than fixating on the destination. As someone who’s living paycheck to paycheck, constantly moving from one small town to another, it’s Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:57:14 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/ep-1-ovv-investor-relations/https://www.landmanlife.com/ep-1-ovv-investor-relations/Taking a look at the OVV 2Q20 Conference Call Slides with a breakdown of where the juicy bits are from Doug ShittlesWed, 29 Jul 2020 14:26:16 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/ep-2-lpi-slide-deck-breakdown/https://www.landmanlife.com/ep-2-lpi-slide-deck-breakdown/Mr. Doug Shittles is back with another Slide Deck Breakdown! This week we’re looking at LPI. Let’s see what Doug has to say…Thu, 06 Aug 2020 16:04:35 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/ep-3-slide-deck-breakdown/https://www.landmanlife.com/ep-3-slide-deck-breakdown/Welcome back everyone to another episode of analyzing IR decks from PremiumTM E&P companies such as EOG Resources. I’m Doug Shittles and today’s walk through is sure to be a dandy. Technology, PremiumTM Economics, a bunch of made up benches in the Wolfcamp, and using the word PremiumTM over 50 timesTue, 11 Aug 2020 07:11:00 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/episode-10-tejanobrown-on-the-ground-tb-10-wireline-logging/https://www.landmanlife.com/episode-10-tejanobrown-on-the-ground-tb-10-wireline-logging/After a few weeks off, our wireline expert is back at it with Episode 10 of Tejanobrown on the Ground! Today we’re learning about how wireline logging works, what the wireline controllers are watching and looking for, and how the system works to log data about the cement, casing, and formations.Thu, 07 Oct 2021 13:55:28 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/episode-4-tejanobrown-on-the-ground-tb-4-junk-baskets/https://www.landmanlife.com/episode-4-tejanobrown-on-the-ground-tb-4-junk-baskets/On Episode 4 of On the Ground with TejanoBrown, he’s showing us how junk baskets work for cleaning out debris that may be in old wells before re-working.Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:03:10 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/episode-5-tejanobrown-on-the-ground-depth-control/https://www.landmanlife.com/episode-5-tejanobrown-on-the-ground-depth-control/On Episode 5 of TejanoBrown on the Ground our wireline expert is explaining how a geo-log measuring head works to maintain depth control during wireline operations.Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:58:23 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/episode-6-tejanobrown-on-the-ground-specialty-perf-guns/https://www.landmanlife.com/episode-6-tejanobrown-on-the-ground-specialty-perf-guns/Thu, 08 Jul 2021 17:51:07 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/episode-7-tejanobrown-on-the-ground-addressable-switches/https://www.landmanlife.com/episode-7-tejanobrown-on-the-ground-addressable-switches/On Episode 7 of TejanoBrown on the Ground our wireline expert is showing us how addressable switches work. These are a major advancement over the older EB switches, which will be covered in Episode 8 of TejanoBrown on the Ground next week.Thu, 15 Jul 2021 16:20:00 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/episode-8-tejanobrown-on-the-ground-zero-degree-phasing/https://www.landmanlife.com/episode-8-tejanobrown-on-the-ground-zero-degree-phasing/our wireline expert is showing us how zero degree phasing works.Thu, 29 Jul 2021 16:09:57 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/episode-9-tejanobrown-on-the-ground-bridge-plugs/https://www.landmanlife.com/episode-9-tejanobrown-on-the-ground-bridge-plugs/On Episode 9 of TejanoBrown on the Ground we’re learning about how bridge plugs work.Thu, 12 Aug 2021 16:00:52 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/falling-feels-life-flying/https://www.landmanlife.com/falling-feels-life-flying/“Until you hit the ground” — that’s a lyric from a Chris Stapleton song that has resonated with me for a long time. It captures the experience of riding the high, only to come crashing down. Life comes in waves, and I’ve definitely experienced the near euphoric highs followed by the lows a couple ofFri, 04 Aug 2023 23:37:07 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/fartin-in-the-deed-room-archives-repost-from-february-8-2015-metal-head/https://www.landmanlife.com/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.comThu, 07 May 2020 18:37:19 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/finding-the-words/https://www.landmanlife.com/finding-the-words/We’re (almost) a week into August, and I’ve posted something every day this month. This morning I started thinking about…what am I going to say today? If I’m trying to post each day for an entire month…am I going to run out of things to day? How do I start finding the words? That led…Sun, 06 Aug 2023 21:35:23 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/forklift-frank-new-release-from-landmanradio/https://www.landmanlife.com/forklift-frank-new-release-from-landmanradio/This is some next level shit right here. The legend of Forklift Frank has finally been told, and I couldn’t be more impressed with the rendition done by @LandmanRadio! Check it out on his SoundCloud page. We started joking about making a song about Forklift Frank months ago, because it literally wasTue, 09 Jun 2020 21:17:58 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/going-independent/https://www.landmanlife.com/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 andFri, 08 May 2020 19:10:40 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/having-fun-with-the-business-side-of-things/https://www.landmanlife.com/having-fun-with-the-business-side-of-things/The LandmanLife Store is a product of #EFT. We’ve been growing, expanding, working on ways to continue giving back to the community…but sometimes, you’ve got to have a little fun with the business side of things. It’s important to remember why we are here. We appreciate all of the love and support fTue, 25 May 2021 22:19:59 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/how-landmen-are-made-the-interns-origin-story/https://www.landmanlife.com/how-landmen-are-made-the-interns-origin-story/This is a follow up post to LandmanLife’s posts The Last Landman – A Career Dead End and The Circle of Landman Life How I Got Started I have been in the ‘game’ since the beginning of 2015 and even though I am quickly approaching my tenth year in the industry, I still feel like…Tue, 22 Aug 2023 09:35:00 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/how-landmen-have-changed-the-badass-motherfuckers-before-us/https://www.landmanlife.com/how-landmen-have-changed-the-badass-motherfuckers-before-us/The Badass Motherfuckers Before Us Can you think of a more quintessential American career than being a landman? We make a living from our wit, intellect, and our ability to adapt to the ever changing landscape of the oil and gas industry. Landmen used to be the one man do it all character at the…Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:16:34 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/how-the-shale-boom-ruined-landmen/https://www.landmanlife.com/how-the-shale-boom-ruined-landmen/The Shale Boom of the early 2010s created an exorbitant demand for landmen, which resulted in more landmen, higher day rates, and far more work than ever before. However, when the Boom suddenly ended, and the market crashed back to reality, many of these so-called “warm bodies” simply washed out of Tue, 22 Aug 2023 20:29:37 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/how-to-find-your-voice-in-a-broken-system/https://www.landmanlife.com/how-to-find-your-voice-in-a-broken-system/Make sure you check out some of our most recent posts below to catch up on the new direction we’re headed: Finding Your Voice It’s taken me well over a decade to find my voice here. A majority of that time I was voicing my dissent under the veil of secrecy. Screaming into the void,…Wed, 23 Aug 2023 11:18:35 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/i-mean-i-had-to-get-rid-of-that-oil-meme/https://www.landmanlife.com/i-mean-i-had-to-get-rid-of-that-oil-meme/Sun, 03 May 2020 18:40:46 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/kick-off-happy-hour-wrap-up/https://www.landmanlife.com/kick-off-happy-hour-wrap-up/Kicking Things Off First off, a huge thank you to Tommy Holmes for once again putting together an awesome event on short notice. Second, we couldn’t have done this without the support from our sponsors USI, ProFrac, Infinity Water Solutions and of course Reserve 101. It’s great to be able to work wiSat, 12 Feb 2022 17:31:09 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/kindle-paperwhite-signature-edition-2022-review/https://www.landmanlife.com/kindle-paperwhite-signature-edition-2022-review/The Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition is the best e-reader available, check out the full review hereSat, 26 Nov 2022 13:40:26 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/land-work-in-the-grand-scheme-of-the-oil-and-gas-industry-repost-archives/https://www.landmanlife.com/land-work-in-the-grand-scheme-of-the-oil-and-gas-industry-repost-archives/This was originally posted on LandmanLife.com on June 11, 2014 back when I was a younger, dumber landman. Much like Nostradamus my words are still true today… “What do you do?” I’m sure almost any landman reading this has experienced this situation. Someone asks what you do for a living. What do youFri, 18 Sep 2020 17:26:49 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/landman-log-april-17-2023-practicing-gratitude-adopting-a-growth-mindset-and-being-a-better-person/https://www.landmanlife.com/landman-log-april-17-2023-practicing-gratitude-adopting-a-growth-mindset-and-being-a-better-person/Practicing Gratitude In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to get caught up in our own lives and forget about the people around us. But if we really want to become better people, we need to take a step back and think about how we can create positive change in the world. One way to do…Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:41:53 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/landman-log-april-21-2023-life-is-what-you-make-it-appreciate-the-journey/https://www.landmanlife.com/landman-log-april-21-2023-life-is-what-you-make-it-appreciate-the-journey/The Big Picture Life is about as hard as you make it. If you always see storms on the horizon, you’re probably going to be perpetually stuck in a deluge, but if you always see rainbows on the horizon…you’re probably in California. The idea that you have to always be grinding to get ahead is…Fri, 21 Apr 2023 19:54:40 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/landman-log-january-10-2023-ignore-the-gatekeepers/https://www.landmanlife.com/landman-log-january-10-2023-ignore-the-gatekeepers/Ignore The Gatekeepers I’ve been reading Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter by Curtis Jackson aka 50 Cent. The benefits of reading in his words how smart he is are…somewhat dubious, but it is entertaining none the less. One of the points that actually hit home for me was about ignoring the “gatekeepers.”Tue, 10 Jan 2023 19:32:05 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/landman-log-january-12-burning-bridges/https://www.landmanlife.com/landman-log-january-12-burning-bridges/Burning Bridges We’ve all been there before. Somebody does or says something that really pisses you off. Maybe they let you down, threw you under the bus, screwed you on a deal, or are just being an asshole. Your first reaction is “fuck that guy(or girl)!” It’s a natural response when you feel like Thu, 12 Jan 2023 17:10:10 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/landman-log-january-13-creative-inspiration/https://www.landmanlife.com/landman-log-january-13-creative-inspiration/The Inspiration Over the past 12, going on 13 years working as a landman, I’ve seen a lot of shady shit, drank (probably too many) beers, told a lot of stories, and met a lot of really interesting people. Most times if you had the chance to meet a master mechanic down in Gonzales, Texas,…Fri, 13 Jan 2023 11:26:43 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/landman-log-january-26-small-minded-middle-managers/https://www.landmanlife.com/landman-log-january-26-small-minded-middle-managers/This is a similar sentiment to “The Shitco Suck” which was published on November 24, 2021 Read it here Frustrating and Dangerous One of the most frustrating aspects of working with, or for, a public company is dealing with the entrenched small minded middle managers. These are the people who enjoy pThu, 26 Jan 2023 21:13:46 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/landmanlife-has-a-new-facebook-page/https://www.landmanlife.com/landmanlife-has-a-new-facebook-page/This will be the last post on this Facebook Page. A few years ago Facebook deleted the only admin account to this page, so ever since then we have not been able to do anything except push posts from the webpage (we honestly have no idea how that feature is still enabled). After exploring all…Tue, 08 Jun 2021 12:16:47 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/landmanlife-is-11-years-old/https://www.landmanlife.com/landmanlife-is-11-years-old/On November 9, 2010 I had no idea why I was writing. I was drunk and bored…so why not start a blog? Initially I was just screaming into the void and didn’t care if anyone was listening. After a few months I started looking around the internet to see if there were any other landmen…Tue, 09 Nov 2021 15:33:37 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/leaning-in-the-power-behind-the-eft-community/https://www.landmanlife.com/leaning-in-the-power-behind-the-eft-community/In the fast paced world of the Energy Finance Twitter (#EFT) community, the journey has been nothing short of a rollercoaster – filled with highs, lows, and unexpected twists. Art Berman memes and “behave or be blocked” are about the only thing you can really rely on never changing. This community, Sat, 10 Feb 2024 12:12:46 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/letting-yourself-down-and-overcoming-failure-to-find-redemption/https://www.landmanlife.com/letting-yourself-down-and-overcoming-failure-to-find-redemption/I failed. My goal of posting every day in August went to shit over the weekend. We had friends down to the ranch, and…yeah, shit happens. I wasn’t too drunk, the time just seemed to get away from me. I looked at one point Saturday night and it was…already Sunday morning. Oops. Shit. Fuck. Whatever. Mon, 14 Aug 2023 19:48:42 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/life-comes-at-you-fast/https://www.landmanlife.com/life-comes-at-you-fast/It’s August 19, 2023 and during this month alone (so far), I’ve posted 15 times (this post will make it 16). Since the last time I rebooted the site, which was sometime in early 2019, I have posted/re-posted 110 total posts. That means this month alone has accounted for over 13% of the total posts. Sat, 19 Aug 2023 12:13:07 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/life-on-the-road-in-2023-gear-guide-part-1-business-essentials/https://www.landmanlife.com/life-on-the-road-in-2023-gear-guide-part-1-business-essentials/Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links which may benefit us in some small insignificant way if you use them. Maybe it’s Nostalgia, but Life on the Road in 2023 Doesn’t Sound So Bad… When I think back to my younger, dumber landman days, the most obvious aspect of life that has changed since tFri, 21 Apr 2023 20:10:44 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/looking-back-august-in-review/https://www.landmanlife.com/looking-back-august-in-review/I did my best to post everyday for an entire month. Sure, there were days (mostly weekends) that I missed here and there, but overall I posted on 28 out of 31 days in August. That accounts for almost 20% of all the posts on LandmanLife, which is pretty incredible. Over the past 14 years…Sat, 02 Sep 2023 11:07:31 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/loyalty-demanded-but-not-returned/https://www.landmanlife.com/loyalty-demanded-but-not-returned/Demanding Loyalty In Return For..? Brokers demand loyalty from the landmen that work for them. “You give us 8 hours in the day.” They will nickel and dime for how much that is worth and pocket the difference. Some brokers will turn their landmen into the AAPL for “ethics violations” if they find outTue, 29 Aug 2023 16:52:48 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/moral-dilemma-stuck-in-the-middle/https://www.landmanlife.com/moral-dilemma-stuck-in-the-middle/Working as a surface landman presents challenges in ways I never imagined; mainly professional, but the personal challenges have been the most surprising. I am operating in a unique position where my employer (client) is paying me to maintain a working relationship with landowners. This means that IMon, 06 Apr 2020 13:03:41 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/on-the-road-to-becoming-an-independent-landman/https://www.landmanlife.com/on-the-road-to-becoming-an-independent-landman/It’s not all Shiner Bocks and rosé all day Being an independent landman is a lot of hard work. Not only are you trying to focus on projects for the clients you have at the moment, but you are also trying to continue developing new clients to keep that work steady. Balancing between the two…Thu, 06 Apr 2023 19:24:29 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/on-the-rocks-ep-4/https://www.landmanlife.com/on-the-rocks-ep-4/Episode 4 of On the Rocks with Colin Moody has us looking at places where surface geology resembles the subsurface structures for an oil trapThu, 19 Aug 2021 15:45:58 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/on-the-rocks-ep-5/https://www.landmanlife.com/on-the-rocks-ep-5/On Episode 5 of On the Rocks with Colin Moody he’s showing us around the top of a tank battery connected to some Big Horn Basin Wells.Fri, 10 Sep 2021 15:29:00 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/on-the-rocks-ep-6/https://www.landmanlife.com/on-the-rocks-ep-6/On Episode 6 of On the Rocks with Colin Moody we’re taking a look at an old Oregon Basin plat map in Park County, Wyoming that was created by Richfield Oil Corp in the 1950s. These old plat maps show all kinds of interesting historical information such as surface tracts, oil and gas leases, well…Tue, 02 Nov 2021 17:07:31 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/ontherocks-ep1/https://www.landmanlife.com/ontherocks-ep1/On Episode 1 of On the Rocks with Colin Moody, he’s walking us through the water disposal system on some of the wells up in the Bighorn Basin.Wed, 21 Jul 2021 17:12:52 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/ontherocks-ep2/https://www.landmanlife.com/ontherocks-ep2/Episode 2 of On the Rocks with Colin Moody shows a heater treater setup that is used to separate oil and gas from water before sending products to tanks or sales lines and then water to a disposal system.Wed, 28 Jul 2021 10:04:06 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/ontherocks-ep3/https://www.landmanlife.com/ontherocks-ep3/Episode 3 of On the Rocks with Colin Moody gives you a walkthrough of the anatomy of a well location in the Big Horn BasinThu, 05 Aug 2021 17:44:23 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/overnight-millionaires-archives-repost-from-july-10-2013/https://www.landmanlife.com/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 grandWed, 20 May 2020 21:58:16 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/peak-oil-and-the-cult-of-renewables/https://www.landmanlife.com/peak-oil-and-the-cult-of-renewables/This post was in an old drafts folder, and I don’t think there has ever been a better time to find it… LandmanLife Where the fuck are we going? As a civilization, a society, an industry, and as landmen…I can’t answer that question. I don’t have the answer. What I can say, is that we…Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:28:38 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/permanent-record-by-edward-snowden-book-review/https://www.landmanlife.com/permanent-record-by-edward-snowden-book-review/The Snowden Story, in his Words Almost everyone knows the name Edward Snowden by now. He’s one of the most polarizing characters of the past decade. Some people associate his name with the word “traitor” because that’s exactly the narrative painted by our government and media. “He’s the guy that defMon, 10 Apr 2023 19:30:43 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/quit-your-bitching/https://www.landmanlife.com/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…Fri, 15 May 2020 18:33:17 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/realignment/https://www.landmanlife.com/realignment/Collegiate Sports That was the buzzword this weekend, “realignment.” As a Baylor grad, it was exciting to see the *New Big 12* become the *Big 16*. It was also tragic to see how fast the cards fell in the Pac 12. Until I started reading some of the ESPN coverage about it, I did not…Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:55:41 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/repost-the-future-of-landmen-with-lowering-oil-prices/https://www.landmanlife.com/repost-the-future-of-landmen-with-lowering-oil-prices/This seems like a great time to review the landman business in 2014 since the year is coming to an end. People talk about the “ups and downs” of the oil business, but a lot of you are too young to really know what the bottom is like. If you still have a job right…Mon, 16 Mar 2020 22:08:56 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/scratching-the-surface-working-as-a-surface-landman/https://www.landmanlife.com/scratching-the-surface-working-as-a-surface-landman/In the pie chart of different landmen, most of the pie is taken up by field landmen. The guys out there buying leases, building runsheets, and generally keeping things moving have always been the greatest proportion of landmen. Next up you’ve got your in house landmen. They think they’re “the only lFri, 28 Apr 2023 09:49:17 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/seismic-permitting/https://www.landmanlife.com/seismic-permitting/This is a Repost from December 2, 2013, which originally appeared on LandmanLife.com, written by TheNutShale The People Let’s talk about seismic permitting, especially seismic permitting in an urban environment. Probably one of the best jobs on earth, good pay, healthy exercise each day walking the Wed, 02 Sep 2020 21:02:21 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/shoes-on-a-wire/https://www.landmanlife.com/shoes-on-a-wire/Shoes on a Wire A few weeks ago on our way down to the ranch I noticed this pair of shoes on a high wire over the county road right outside the ranch entrance. Somebody must have quite the arm to get those up that high! I’ve driven by (technically under) those shoes quite a…Fri, 09 Dec 2022 14:43:58 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/slowing-down-to-explore-life/https://www.landmanlife.com/slowing-down-to-explore-life/Small Towns and Dive Bars When I first journeyed to Dubois, Pennsylvania (pronounced doo-boys, not doob-wah), to start working as a landman, I stopped at many random places on the way. I didn’t know what I was going to be doing when I got to Dubois, but I had a basic understanding of title work…Wed, 02 Aug 2023 20:59:58 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/state-of-the-industry-intro-to-the-downturn-survival-guide/https://www.landmanlife.com/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 SoTue, 07 Jul 2020 21:16:19 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/store-closing-reminder/https://www.landmanlife.com/store-closing-reminder/In case you missed my post about the store closing at the end of the year, this is just another reminder. I’m taking some time off to focus on my healthy, my family, and my business (my actual business, not this store). Finding the time and motivation to run the store is something that I…Wed, 21 Dec 2022 11:06:52 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/summer-reading-oil-and-gas-books/https://www.landmanlife.com/summer-reading-oil-and-gas-books/Since we keep seeing requests for a list of oil and gas books, we decided to put together our own with some of our favorite reads. This list spans from beginners guides to the industry all the way to the technical aspects of how the industry works, with quite a lot of history and geopolitics…Sun, 19 Sep 2021 15:28:27 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/summertime-madness/https://www.landmanlife.com/summertime-madness/This year has been a whirlwind at LandmanLife HQ. The love and support we’ve gotten from our fans, customers, and contributors has been the fuel that keeps us rolling on the road trip to nowhere. Figuring out how to give back to our fans, supporters, contributors, the #EFT community, and the oil indFri, 03 Sep 2021 15:43:21 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/tejanobrown-on-the-ground-tb-2/https://www.landmanlife.com/tejanobrown-on-the-ground-tb-2/On Episode 2 of On the Ground with Tejanobrown, we get to see the insides of a perf gun. Our host Tejanobrown shows how the charge carrier works, highlighting the jet perforating charges, the through wire and primer cord, and the detonator. Once the gun is in place downhole, an electrical current isThu, 10 Jun 2021 04:01:00 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/tejanobrown-on-the-ground-tb-3/https://www.landmanlife.com/tejanobrown-on-the-ground-tb-3/On Episode 3 of On the Ground with TejanoBrown, he’s showing us how the pressure control works for wireline operations.Thu, 17 Jun 2021 16:01:00 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-biggest-announcement-in-the-history-of-landmanlife-announcements/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-biggest-announcement-in-the-history-of-landmanlife-announcements/PRESS RELEASE 05/28/2021LandmanLife Worldwide Inc HQ From the storage closet that LandmanLife calls the intern’s office, for immediate release world wide and with the blessing of our glorious Chairman Kenny Lay @EnronChairman, may he reign forever. LandmanLife Worldwide would like to formally announFri, 28 May 2021 14:27:26 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-broken-system-time-to-burn-it-down/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-broken-system-time-to-burn-it-down/The other day when I was contemplating the idea of a broken system I had the random thought that…the system works for the prior generation. They set it up. We’re just stuck with it. When you can’t even speak honestly amongst your friends, or let them know who you’re meeting with, we have a fucking [Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:34:44 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-challenges-of-becoming-an-independent-landman/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-challenges-of-becoming-an-independent-landman/Your Main Challenges: Becoming an independent landman is an exciting career choice, but it also brings with it a unique set of challenges. Here are five of the biggest hurdles you’ll need to tackle as you establish your own business. 1. Breaking Out on Your Own Breaking out on your own can be a tougMon, 03 Apr 2023 15:59:57 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-circle-of-landman-life-how-landmen-are-made/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-circle-of-landman-life-how-landmen-are-made/This is a story about how landmen are made. Back when I was in college/just out of college, we watched True Blood on HBO. It came on after Entourage. I guess vampires and werewolves were all the rage back then. Anyways, sometime in the first or second season there was a scene where a new…Mon, 21 Aug 2023 15:55:38 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-cow-the-lease-road-and-the-sheriff-part-1/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-cow-the-lease-road-and-the-sheriff-part-1/Back when I was a younger, less experienced (dumb) landman I had an encounter with The Cow. A lot of you reading this instantly know what cow I’m referring to. It’s that motherfucking scrawny piece of shit cow that had the dumb luck (or common sense, since we’re talking about The Cow) to take its […Fri, 06 Jan 2023 12:03:49 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-digital-roadtrip-to-nowhere/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-digital-roadtrip-to-nowhere/The Roadtrip to Nowhere Goes Digital This post started as a rant about how a whole new generation of landmen, or maybe it’s just half a generation…I’m not sure, are going to be starting their careers on “the digital roadtrip to nowhere.” For any of you that have been following along over the past 12Thu, 15 Dec 2022 16:25:06 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-eft-community-meetups-and-katy-trail-ice-house-tonight/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-eft-community-meetups-and-katy-trail-ice-house-tonight/#EFT Community Meetup Tonight It’s about 12:15 pm and I’m on a flight from San Antonio to Dallas. This trip will be all of 24 hours, actually…my flight leaving San Antonio was delayed, so I’ll be in Dallas a little under 24 hours now. I know it’ll be worth it. Hotdog Oil is coming all…Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:32:03 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-hard-truth/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-hard-truth/The LandmanLife Store will be closing at the end of 2022. It’s been a hell of a ride, but now it’s time to focus on family and health. The love and support from our community has been amazing and we cannot thank you enough.Mon, 17 Oct 2022 10:58:31 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-landmans-worst-enemy/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-landmans-worst-enemy/You probably think this post is going to be about jackass landowners and their attorneys, or the overbearing micromanagement from the corporate headquarters…or maybe that dead cow on the lease road. Those are all part of the job. We signed up for it. The landman’s worst enemy is complacency. All of Fri, 30 Dec 2022 11:11:56 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-legend-of-jim-malloy/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-legend-of-jim-malloy/“He’s pretty much the ultimate landman. I mean, if he gets hired, he’s going to take all of our jobs. He’ll bill for at least 10 days, per day.” “I heard that he got 200 leases and 150 affidavits signed in one day.” “In his hometown, they moved the statue of Chuck Norris to make…Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:50:23 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-oil-and-gas-road/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-oil-and-gas-road/This was a submission from one of our former authors known as The NutShale: The Oil & Gas Road The Oil & Gas Road (“O&G Road”) is the best damn road on the planet. It is not the “Silk Road” linking cultures and ideas, it’s no Roman engineered masterpiece that stands the tests of thousands…Mon, 18 Oct 2021 13:38:52 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-poker-game-part-1/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-poker-game-part-1/This story originally appeared on July 25, 2013 on LandmanLife.com and has been reposted in its original form. The Background I had the pleasure of living in a Best Western in South Texas for the better part of a year. Our company paid for the rooms 7 days a week so that they saved some…Thu, 03 Sep 2020 09:49:30 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-poker-game-part-2/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-poker-game-part-2/Dazed & Confused As I got out of bed and tried to shake off the hungover/still drunk feeling from the night before I tried to call my coworkers that had been there but no one answered. Since I was already worried about the owner being in town and the disturbing call I had just received,…Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:49:40 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-poker-game-part-3/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-poker-game-part-3/In the Dark So I was still in the dark about what had gone on the night before, but knew that it was something pretty fucking serious. The owner of our company drove over 4 hours to come chew us out, and my buddies were still inside talking with him. Everyone else didn’t want to…Thu, 25 Mar 2021 22:07:42 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-post-apocalyptic-landman/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-post-apocalyptic-landman/COVID-19 has changed a lot in our world, especially in the oil & gas business. Forcing a reset of the market has pushed a lot of companies to the point of bankruptcy. How does social distancing and mask mandates affect Landmen, who’s careers are built on their ability to form relationships with landTue, 21 Jul 2020 09:25:41 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-roadtrip-to-nowhere-and-why-im-still-here/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-roadtrip-to-nowhere-and-why-im-still-here/A couple of years ago, a landman buddy threw a question at me that caught me off guard: “What’s your plan with LandmanLife?” I found myself at a loss for words. Initially, I thought of the site as just a fun side project. But, to be completely honest, it was more than that. In the…Sat, 03 Feb 2024 22:37:19 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-shitco-suck/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-shitco-suck/This was an email we got earlier this week. We’ve reached out to the author to ask about how they’d like it to be posted but have not gotten a response, so here it is in its original form (with some images added in). I think all of us have felt like this at one…Thu, 04 Nov 2021 16:02:59 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-value-of-a-professional-image/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-value-of-a-professional-image/Everybody’s Doing It When the Shale Boom started, most landmen were required to join AAPL so brokers could say “all our contractors adhere to the ethical standards set forth by AAPL.” It was a marketing gimick. Then we were all required to have our own LLCs. That was a liability gimick. We’re still Fri, 18 Aug 2023 09:50:02 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-value-of-geriatric-landmen-evolution-by-passing-down-experience/https://www.landmanlife.com/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…Sun, 21 Jul 2024 10:01:48 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/the-weight/https://www.landmanlife.com/the-weight/For the record, I hate saying shit like this. The consequences for not speaking my mind are…nonexistent, to most people, but there’re huge to me. When I don’t say something, it weighs on me. Despite the somber nature of this post, I hope anybody that reads to the end will feel at least somewhat upliSat, 28 Oct 2023 00:46:28 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/too-big-to-fail/https://www.landmanlife.com/too-big-to-fail/A few weeks ago it was brought to my attention that there is a market for parody gear outside of just EnergyFinTwit…yeah, I’m talking about all those “big dogs” that are part of the #FinTwit. “Sure, why not take a look?” Most banks logos are literally just text. That’s not much fun. I had a…Wed, 19 Aug 2020 14:15:41 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/ugly-swag-party-contest-giveaway/https://www.landmanlife.com/ugly-swag-party-contest-giveaway/YOU’RE INVITED TO THE EFT UGLY SWAG PARTY! This weekend’s giveaway, enter for your chance to win some LandmanLife swag, grand prize gets their choice of a hat from the LandmanLife store! Hit the link for details. @MOAR_Drilling @EnronChairmanSat, 18 Jul 2020 10:52:27 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/ugly-swag-party-contest-winners/https://www.landmanlife.com/ugly-swag-party-contest-winners/We had some strong contenders in this contest, and it was a difficult task to pick a winner…Sun, 19 Jul 2020 17:52:52 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/unpaid-and-undeterred-my-ongoing-battle-with-ruckus-energy-ceo-avi-mirman/https://www.landmanlife.com/unpaid-and-undeterred-my-ongoing-battle-with-ruckus-energy-ceo-avi-mirman/The Backstory Many of you are already familiar with our quest to get payment from Ruckus Energy for land services we rendered for them back in 2022. Avi Mirman, the CEO of Ruckus Energy, has reached out to me personally to explain why things fell apart and how hard he tried to get everything back […Sat, 13 Apr 2024 18:48:52 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/unplug-and-unwind-why-disconnecting-is-essential/https://www.landmanlife.com/unplug-and-unwind-why-disconnecting-is-essential/We’ve all gotten caught up in the never ending stream of notifications, texts, emails, phonecalls, DMs, likes, and comments. Smartphones trigger a dopamine loop that gets you hooked and constantly checking your phone, smartwatch, computer…etc. It’s a difficult cycle to break, and although it’s widelTue, 08 Aug 2023 21:04:26 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/weekend-sale-to-celebrate-efttattoo/https://www.landmanlife.com/weekend-sale-to-celebrate-efttattoo/First off, congratulations @TejanoBrown is part of the LandmanLife family for life! A man of his word, and Tuesday night he proved it to all of #EFT by getting a LandmanLife #EFT #RollCall tattoo, which just adds more fuel to the #poundgate fire…c’mon @FracSlap, all you have to do is smoke the poundFri, 04 Jun 2021 14:37:24 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/welcome-to-the-party-motorboats-origin-story/https://www.landmanlife.com/welcome-to-the-party-motorboats-origin-story/A long time landman buddy of mine named Motorboat sent in his origin story after reading the Intern’s post the other day. I met Motorboat on my first landman job up in DuBois, Pennsylvania. He is a hell of a party that’s for damn sure. Even though he’s given up drinking the guy is still…Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:42:23 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/what-does-a-landman-actually-do/https://www.landmanlife.com/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.”Thu, 14 May 2020 17:25:26 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/what-does-a-landman-do-surface-landman/https://www.landmanlife.com/what-does-a-landman-do-surface-landman/This is a more in depth dive than our previous posts, What Does a Landman Actually Do? and What is a Landman? Personal Relationships Some people call us right of way agents, land brokers, or consultants. We are the jack of all trades, masters of none. We bridge the gap between the office and the…Wed, 16 Jun 2021 18:34:33 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/what-happens-when-you-hit-a-career-dead-end-the-last-landman/https://www.landmanlife.com/what-happens-when-you-hit-a-career-dead-end-the-last-landman/The year is 2030, and landmen have gone extinct. They hit a career dead end. Fossil fuels are being rejected all over the world, replaced and displaced by less efficient and more expensive “renewable” or “greener” energy. After decades of being the oil and gas industry’s punching bags, there have beSun, 20 Aug 2023 14:48:22 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/what-is-a-landman/https://www.landmanlife.com/what-is-a-landman/What is a landman? Fuck…there are a lot of answers to that question.Thu, 30 Apr 2020 18:36:58 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/what-is-landmanlife/https://www.landmanlife.com/what-is-landmanlife/How it started In its original form LandmanLife was a blog on Blogspot.com that I started while working as a landman in rural Pennsylvania. Since it was my first landman “gig” I naturally had no idea what to do or how to do it, and being a Texas boy (fish out of water in rural…Wed, 09 Nov 2022 20:31:26 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/whats-on-my-kindle-reading-list-for-may-2023/https://www.landmanlife.com/whats-on-my-kindle-reading-list-for-may-2023/Why I’m Sharing my Reading List This post contains affiliate links that we might get a scant smidgen of benefit from if you purchase anything off our list. We’ll use that money wisely, to buy more books…or something fun. I’ve shared a few reading lists previously, so it should come as no surprise thThu, 04 May 2023 20:15:51 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/whats-the-best-hazy-ipa-electric-jellyfish/https://www.landmanlife.com/whats-the-best-hazy-ipa-electric-jellyfish/I don’t remember exactly when it was that I got my first taste of Electric Jellyfish, or EJ as we refer to it these days, but it was one of those perception altering moments where you instantly reevaluate all of your previous beer drinking decisions and know that they were wrong. As part of the…Thu, 17 Aug 2023 15:46:21 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/whats-the-rush-live-your-life/https://www.landmanlife.com/whats-the-rush-live-your-life/When I was younger, I didn’t care if it took me 2 hours for a 90 minute drive. Maybe I stopped to get gas and ice down a couple of beers for later, then grabbed a burger at the spot next door. Sometimes I’d roll off the main road and just…explore for awhile. I used…Wed, 16 Aug 2023 21:41:05 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/winner-of-the-chuck90-caption-contest/https://www.landmanlife.com/winner-of-the-chuck90-caption-contest/I will throw in a nice bottle of wine if the winning caption is actually funny….. Oh yeah and you also have to be a follower…..or I drink it with the judges. Originally tweeted by Nimblephatty (@nimblephatty) on August 1, 2020. Obviously, the judges drank all the nice shit. We’re giving the dregs toTue, 04 Aug 2020 22:42:23 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/winners-of-the-reverse-caption-contest-1st-place-moar_drilling/https://www.landmanlife.com/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.Mon, 11 May 2020 18:56:45 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/winter-reading-guide/https://www.landmanlife.com/winter-reading-guide/If you haven’t already checked out the Summer Reading Guide, that’s where you should get started. We’re expanding on that list with our Winter Reading Guide, adding some new suggestions we’ve received, and throwing some new books in the mix. The Map by Daniel Yergin is the newest release to make it Fri, 26 Nov 2021 14:38:32 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/with-all-the-time-in-the-world-how-important-is-health/https://www.landmanlife.com/with-all-the-time-in-the-world-how-important-is-health/Talking About Health We spend more time talking about “how important it is to take care of yourself” than we do actually taking care of ourselves. People are announcing New Years resolutions about going to the gym, and other people are trying to “educate” those people about how to behave in the gym.Thu, 05 Jan 2023 16:14:20 GMThttps://www.landmanlife.com/youre-a-businessman-first-and-a-landman-second/https://www.landmanlife.com/youre-a-businessman-first-and-a-landman-second/Time: Summer of 2014 Location: the offices of an undisclosed E&P, somewhere in Oklahoma City During my last internship in college, oil was over $100 a barrel (which didn’t last very long, you can read more about the crash here) and I remember hearing those words as I was sitting in my mentors officeThu, 30 Apr 2020 19:50:38 GMT