re: Working as a landman

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I don't want to spend my life driving around South or West Texas (or Appalachia) so eventually I would like to go "in-house"

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Good luck buddy. I’m an in-house landman and I can tell you that there is a gigantic difference between field landmen and in-house landmen. The field landmen that make the jump to in-house is probably less than 5% especially considering several universities are now offering Petroleum Land Management degrees and most companies choose to bring in these grads and train them under the wing of their senior guys.

I feel your pain though. I made the jump from field to in-house and the responsibilities are entirely different. I had to hunt for well over 3 years before I landed an in-house gig.

In-house landmen don’t run title, etc. like field guys. The majority of an in-house responsibility is to negotiate drill sites and facilities, prepare contract documents, some leasing, and the development of those leases all the way from barren land to actual production from a well.