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5 Reason to Attend NAPE South

Every year, thousands of business people across all industries attend trade shows, conventions, and comparable events. NAPE, or North American Prospect Expo, is the biggest and most respected expo in the oil and gas industry. Business ...
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How to Build an Awesome Land Management Team

When it comes to building a great land management team, recognizing traits from successful teams in other industries can be beneficial. However, there are some differences between the land management industry and other industries. If you ...
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Surviving the Oil Crisis: Tips for Landmen

The low price of oil may have had a positive effect on most of the general public, but the effect is not so good for workers in the oil industry. The price plummet has cost many landmen their jobs. Large oil companies have been shutting ...
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Evaluating an Easement: The Basics

When a landowner enters into an easement agreement and gives up some of the rights to his land, the documentation can be confusing and filled with difficult-to-understand legalese. To help cut through some of the confusion, we’ve come up ...
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Three Ways to Save During a Slow Oil Season

Last summer, crude oil prices plummeted. In response, the number of rig counts fell, and analysts are fiercely debating how low prices will go, for how long and to what degree production should be altered. For landmen and other industry ...
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Landmen: Stay Ahead of the Curve with Lease Alert

For landmen everywhere, it’s important to have accurate, complete, and up-to-date information when attempting to precisely and effectively do your job. However, depending on the tools and resources at your disposal, you may not have access ...
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Four Things You Didn’t Know About the Texas Railroad Commission

While the Texas Railroad Commission is largely known by landmen, surveyors, abstractors, oil and gas employees and other land professionals, there are a number of facts and interesting bits of information that many have never heard. Let’s ...
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Top Universities to Study Land Management

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, jobs in the oil and gas industry increased almost 40% from 2007 to 2012. Despite the recent drop in oil prices, the industry will always remain a constant percentage of the ...
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Seven Winter Weather Management Tips for Outdoor Occupations

Whether you are a surveyor, landman, oil and gas worker or other land professional, winter can be particularly long and cold. For both your comfort and your health, it is important that you understand how to appropriately prepare for ...
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3 CourthouseDirect.com Search Tools Every Landman Needs

In the Oil & Gas industry, the key to being productive, accurate, and successful depends on the tools landmen have at their disposal. With the proper tools, the job becomes simplified and more fulfilling. Thankfully, ...
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