Working as a landman

Nope.

Know a guy who is a landman with Yates/EOG though. Sounds like a sweet gig if you like meeting ranchers and country folk, researching shite at the courthouse/library, and negotiating deals. It isn't company man money but it sounds like a well paid gig with comfortable work environment and hours.

My guess is the Permian and Eagle Ford are the high demand places right now. EOG has a strong presence in both those locations, I don't know if they are hiring though.

Hopefully some others here have more knowledge or experience and chime in.

Landman sounds like my dream job, a mix of people skills, info/data analysis, and sales.

Here is my real answer:

The People. . Land men are fun. Period. You just don't make it in that world unless you have a good personality and can get along. Many land men are very sharp.

The Money. When its good, it's good. Dayrates depend on oil prices, though. The real money is in providing crews of landmen by getting contracts with oil companies in good times. The owners of land services companies were killing it, I'm talking OT level killing it, in good times. Times ain't so good right now.

The Work. It's not all handing out checks to landowners. You do a lot of courthouse work running title. You have to figure out who is unleased and who you must lease. You have to know some land law.

The Locations. You'll go where the boom is. 10 years ago you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting a landman in Shreveport (the Haynesville). Then North Dakota. Then Pennsylvania, Ohio, even Illinois. Right now there are a lot of coonasses working West Texas.


That's the basics. Also know that "landman" is gender neutral. Nearly all women in the field, and there are a good number, call themselves landman or landmen. Good luck.

Kiss my arse, serial downvoter.

I just wish them cocksuckers would just leave me alone. Told them I am not ready to lease for what they are offering. Suckers are all over the place here in Pointe Coupee. Couple weeks ago I was at the Court House and they must of been 20 of them in the record room.

Don't know what is going on around me about oil leasing. Haven't seen this much activity in leasing since the gas boom of the early 1990's.

Anybody in the know?

I mean no disrespect, fishfighter, but reading your post I flashed on this scene from SecondHand Lions.

They drilled with in a 1/4 mile two wells for gas. They went down to around 18K foot mark back then. Only hit pockets of gas and a lot of oil. They didn't want the oil back then.

JudgeHolden pretty much explained it all. I worked as one for 6 years when South Louisiana was the hot spot.

That ship has sailed dude

Are you asking about being a lease broker / abstractor in the field / courthouse or working as a landman at an E&P company? They are similar yet very different jobs. One requires travel, handshakes, and a sometimes unsteady project load and the other requires a lot of PowerPoint and Excel skills along with an inordinate amount of internal politics savvy. ??