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 landmen” a lot of […]
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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
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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 tough
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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 office at
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What is a landman? Fuck…there are a lot of answers to that question.
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