Land Advisor

Overview

The Land Advisor acquires and obtains access/lease, steward, monetize and/or divest surface and/or subsurface rights to deliver/protect value and mitigate risk across the asset life cycle, and provide expert advice on best practices and strategic cross-functional and complex opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Develop, negotiate and execute new commercial agreements (e.g., leases and right-of-ways), obtaining all functional alignment, as required.
• Analyze, manage and steward contracts, as needed (e.g., acreage and risk management, and compliance).
• Develop, prioritize and recommend commercial concepts/structures for the acquisition and/or monetization of a business opportunity for new and existing assets.
• Acquire, trade, monetize or divest asset rights to deliver value.
• Manage and sustain external relationships relevant to own portfolio (e.g., government officials, land owners, service providers and partners).
• Provide guidance to support development and execution of business strategies/plans.
• Negotiate and manage claim/dispute mitigation and resolution.
• Coordinate and/or determine land ownership, evaluate risks, and cure title defects.
• Manage and coordinate contract personnel (field & in-house).
• Provide litigation support.
• Review internal company records and utilize online courthouse documents to confirm ownership and status of company-owned interests by depth (minerals, royalties, and overrides).
• NRI Calculation confirmation.
• Review of all wells producing from the interest.
• Research production history and producing depths/formations with special attention given to "held-by" status of company-granted agreements (lease, farmouts, overriding royalty reservations).

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience with title, courthouse, alignment sheets, easement and acquisition documents.
• Proficient commercial negotiation, influence, internal and external relationship management.
• Competent with Quorum Land and Enverus products (Drilling info, Enverus Courthouse, and EnergyLink).
• Permian Basin experience strongly preferred.