Thoughts from the Intern The correct title of this post is “2023: The Intern has a lot to be grateful for!” but El Jefe and ChatGPT told me it wasn’t good enough and wasn’t optimal, bla bla bla… My title is better and I won’t hear otherwise. – The Intern, December 30th, 2023 at about […]
2023: A Year of Growth, Gratitude, and Looking Forward to 2024 Read More »
This is a follow up post to LandmanLife’s posts The Last Landman – A Career Dead End and The Circle of Landman Life How I Got Started I have been in the ‘game’ since the beginning of 2015 and even though I am quickly approaching my tenth year in the industry, I still feel like
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PRESS RELEASE 05/28/2021LandmanLife Worldwide Inc HQ From the storage closet that LandmanLife calls the intern’s office, for immediate release world wide and with the blessing of our glorious Chairman Kenny Lay @EnronChairman, may he reign forever. LandmanLife Worldwide would like to formally announce the start of two new partnerships that will advance us to our
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Date: 12/31/2020 Location: An unidentified airport in the United States. Ho Lee Shit, what a fucking year it has been. A wild ride for the ages. I HOPE WE NEVER DO THIS AGAIN. Yes, the year has sucked ass but it hasn’t been a total waste. Below is my Intern Field Notes 2020 Highlight Real
Diet tips for a struggling out of work landman
Downturn Survival Guide Part 1 – Diet Tips for the Struggling Landman Read More »
Part 1: Diet Tips for the Struggling Landman Part 2: Good Grief (Coming Soon) Saving Cents: Not Actual Financial Advice (Coming Soon) How Desperate Are You? Romance in West Texas (Coming Soon) Sourcing Deals & Supplies at Industry Events (Coming Soon) What to do When There’s Nothing to do (Coming Soon) Preparing for the Next
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In the Oil and Gas world there are really only two types of Landman, ‘In-House’ and ‘Independent’ Landmen. For those of you that aren’t familiar with Landman terminology, an ‘In-House’ Landman is your OU and Tech polo wearing bro that sits in the offices of Apache, Concho, Diamondback, Oxy, etc and are mostly doing mineral
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
“You’re a businessman first and a Landman second.” Read More »
