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 […]
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The Poker Game Series (Part 3) This is Part 3 of The Poker Game Series, if you need to get caught up on Parts 1 or 2 see the links below In the Dark So I was still in the dark about what had gone on the night before, but knew that it was something
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The Poker Game Series (Part 2) This is Part 2 of The Poker Game Series, links to Part 1 and Part 3 are below 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
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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 you say? “I
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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 neighborhoods and flexible working hours as you decide how
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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 grandchildren still possess today (read The
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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. Fuck…clause…now
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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.com
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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.
Define “good landman” because according to this definition for a “good lease man” I must not know any good landmen!
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