Posted 1 month ago
Landman
HoustonOn-siteFull-time
AI Summary
Manages and optimizes the company’s land assets, including negotiating and preparing leases, examining titles, managing lease obligations and expirations, and coordinating cross-functional teams for drilling and acreage maintenance.
About this role
About Us:
The Caturus platform founded by Kimmeridge – an alternative asset manager focused on the energy sector – supports Kimmeridge’s overarching goal of providing low-cost energy on demand with the lowest carbon footprint.
Kimmeridge’s vision in creating Caturus is to build the only independent, fully integrated natural gas and LNG export platform in the U.S. through a combination of its upstream operations and via Commonwealth LNG, a 9.5 million tonnes per annum liquefied natural gas export terminal in southwestern Louisiana on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The combined entities are committed to delivering responsibly sourced, low-emission fuel to domestic and international markets.
Caturus is a Houston-based, private exploration and production company seeking to materially grow production through development of deep, high pressure, dry gas windows of the Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk, as well as Haynesville formations located in Texas and Louisiana while maintaining a relentless focus on safety.
Commonwealth LNG was founded by industry veterans who decided to re-engineer the LNG construction model. Using proven best practices, Commonwealth is committed to building a world-class LNG export facility while focusing on safety, managing risk and achieving best-in-class environmental standards.
The Caturus platform founded by Kimmeridge – an alternative asset manager focused on the energy sector – supports Kimmeridge’s overarching goal of providing low-cost energy on demand with the lowest carbon footprint.
Kimmeridge’s vision in creating Caturus is to build the only independent, fully integrated natural gas and LNG export platform in the U.S. through a combination of its upstream operations and via Commonwealth LNG, a 9.5 million tonnes per annum liquefied natural gas export terminal in southwestern Louisiana on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The combined entities are committed to delivering responsibly sourced, low-emission fuel to domestic and international markets.
Caturus is a Houston-based, private exploration and production company seeking to materially grow production through development of deep, high pressure, dry gas windows of the Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk, as well as Haynesville formations located in Texas and Louisiana while maintaining a relentless focus on safety.
Commonwealth LNG was founded by industry veterans who decided to re-engineer the LNG construction model. Using proven best practices, Commonwealth is committed to building a world-class LNG export facility while focusing on safety, managing risk and achieving best-in-class environmental standards.
Key Responsibilities
Position Summary:
The Landman will play a pivotal role in managing and optimizing the company’s land assets. This position requires a seasoned professional with extensive experience in land acquisition, title examination, lease negotiations, and stakeholder engagement. The successful candidate will possess strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of land-related matters, and the ability to lead complex land transactions.
Key Accountabilities:
The Landman will play a pivotal role in managing and optimizing the company’s land assets. This position requires a seasoned professional with extensive experience in land acquisition, title examination, lease negotiations, and stakeholder engagement. The successful candidate will possess strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of land-related matters, and the ability to lead complex land transactions.
Key Accountabilities:
- Negotiate and prepare leases; identify and procure needed surface contracts include easements, ROWs, surface agreements, water agreements, subsurface easements, etc.
- Manage obligations, payments and expirations for existing agreements, including extensive lease and contract analysis and application
- Examine, evaluate and cure title requirements
- Verify ownership, form units or negotiate PSAs where applicable
- Negotiate and prepare all necessary agreements for joint development
- Work with cross-functional team to prepare locations for drilling and maintain acreage after production is established (GIS, regulatory, drilling, completions, subsurface, land administration, production, accounting)
- Support land reporting on ownership position and competitor activity
- Build and maintain strong relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders
- Maintain outside operated wells and interest through ownership research and management of inbound proposals
- Support lease and asset acquisitions through due diligence and integration
- Calculate working interest, net revenue interest, overriding royalties, non-executive mineral interests, non-participating royalties and payout reversion interests
Qualifications:
Education, Certificates, and Licenses:
Education, Certificates, and Licenses:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Petroleum Management, Energy Management or Energy Commerce required
Experience:
- 4+ years of experience as an in-house Landman required
- Texas asset experience required
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Proven ability to manage large amounts of information with accuracy and critical attention to detail
- Willingness to handle multiple projects and obtain results in a performance driven, team-oriented environment
- Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills
- Developed skillset in managing complex title issues and providing solutions
- Strong understanding of Texas legal and regulatory landscape
Skills
EasementsGISJoint Development AgreementsLease NegotiationRight-of-waySubsurface EasementsSurface AgreementsTexas Regulatory ComplianceTitle ExaminationWater Agreements
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