Staff Landman

Under the direction of the Land Manager, this role performs senior-level land work across the company’s acreage position with a focus on title, well-planning and regulatory. Prior Texas experience is a requirement. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES: Responsible to the Land Manager for the following: Applies an exploration driven mindset to land efforts supporting unconventional deep gas drilling in the Western Haynesville of East Texas. Responds, interacts and professionally represents Mitsui with co-workers, private landowners, consultants, etc. Reviews planned drilling and/or surface locations for land readiness. Analyzes and identifies material agreements, contracts, regulations, and schedules to confirm wellsite locations and report to Land Manager and integrated asset team. Responsible for land work to include coordinating field brokers for curative title efforts, and evaluating title for drill/pay readiness (i.e. review of runsheets and abstracts, title opinions, evaluation, prioritization, and coordination of curative, etc.). Contribute to clearance to drill (Land) after analysis of title opinions, coordination and delivery of curative. Ensures timely preparation and submission of oil and gas proposals, clearly communicating timelines and elections with Land and other departments. Calculates and confirms interest estimates (working interest and net revenue interest) and coordinates with AFE originators for elections and consents. Interfaces effectively with Operations, Engineering, Geoscience, Accounting, Legal and Marketing, with a strong understanding of industry financial drivers. Communicates timely on issues that may include operations decisions and planned locations. Contribute to special initiates involving planning of unconventional wells and pooled units in Texas. REQUIRED SKILLS & ABILITIES: Able to work independently, with little or no supervision, in a fast-paced environment with multiple and sometimes changing priorities. Outstanding team player with strong interpersonal skills to effectively work within a multi-disciplinary group to achieve project-related goals. Prior experience in operated oil and gas assets including expertise with planning, staking and permitting wells, drill clearance with prior experience (in-house) operations in the State of Texas. Knowledge of applicable county, state and federal regulatory rules and procedures. Strong budgeting, and cost tracking skills. Strong PC skills including MS Office Suite, ArcGIS and Quorum. Good verbal/written communication, organization and time management skills. Must have strong project management skills. Ability to review, make recommendations, and implement workflow processes. EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Land Management, Energy Management, Business, or a related field is required. A minimum of ten (10) years of in‑house, broad-based working experience in traditional landman/land negotiator roles, or other relevant experience. Solid knowledge of land management principles required. LANGUAGE SKILLS: Fluent verbal and written skills in English. LICENSES, CERTIFICATES, REGISTRATIONS: Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL) and/or local Landman Association membership. AAPL designation (RPL, CPL) is preferred. WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS: This job operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment. #J-18808-Ljbffr