Taylor Sheridan's Landman

[Ocotillo]

To secure the land and manage the people, you need a landman. Enter the oil world with #Landman, premiering November 17 on #ParamountPlus.
🛢️ @landmanpplus pic.twitter.com/PIqL4LYiEn

— Paramount+ (@paramountplus) September 5, 2024

[TwistedChief]

Watched the first episode today. Billy Bob Thornton is so, so good. I've got season tickets to whatever that guy is in.

I don't have much experience with Sheridan shows outside the first season of Tulsa King (which I thought was entertaining but not necessarily really high quality TV), but this series has potential to be a lot more.

[DRM08]

Originally Posted by srvy

I watched a few Bill Bob interviews on this new series and I am a fan of Thornton. That said wtf dude are you becoming a Depp clone or what? The headwrap dangling earrinds and Fedora arrrrrr matey I'm a pirate!

This has my interest for the simple fact I have worked in the energy field as a surveyor.

The engineering firm I have worked for is a major player in oil gas and power transmission. They do land planning design and easement acquisitions. Never once have met a landman in the field and we are always nearly the first in the field along with Lawyers. Its the Lawyer that goes out and secures leases and purchases agreements on land. They usually have multiple licenses in engineering Land Surveying and of course real estate law among others. Maybe this is the Landman? Geologists Land Surveyors and Lawyers. I will watch to see who they are talking about.

Sounds like you are on a different side of the industry. For exploration & production of oil and natural gas, the Landmen are responsible for acquiring mineral rights, curing title problems, keeping surface owners happy, and babysitting the mineral owners in general. A lot of Landmen have Law degrees, though it's not required.

I have a Landman degree, though I worked on the Division Order side of the business. The Landmen would help us when we came across title curative problems. A lot of my job was focused on the math element of calculating royalties & overriding royalties in the wells. They taught us all this math stuff in the college Landman classes. It can get pretty convoluted if you end up with 1,000 people in a single well, all of it chopped up in 1,000 unequal pieces. I liked the fact Division Order stuff did not require me to negotiate with anyone, which is a major part of the Landman job. There is more of a "Sales guy" element to the Landman side of the business.

[Red Dawg]

So far it's good.

[CatinKS]

Originally Posted by srvy

I watched a few Bill Bob interviews on this new series and I am a fan of Thornton. That said wtf dude are you becoming a Depp clone or what? The headwrap dangling earrinds and Fedora arrrrrr matey I'm a pirate!

This has my interest for the simple fact I have worked in the energy field as a surveyor.

The engineering firm I have worked for is a major player in oil gas and power transmission. They do land planning design and easement acquisitions. Never once have met a landman in the field and we are always nearly the first in the field along with Lawyers. Its the Lawyer that goes out and secures leases and purchases agreements on land. They usually have multiple licenses in engineering Land Surveying and of course real estate law among others. Maybe this is the Landman? Geologists Land Surveyors and Lawyers. I will watch to see who they are talking about.

I was a Land Rep for 15 years in the natural gas transmission pipeline industry. Just the opposite as you spoke of in the oil and gas industry. The survey crew contacted me directly, as I was the first point of contact with all landowners. The majority of my work was land access and opposite to mineral rights which is a totally different line of work in my opinion. Though even gas storage rights, (old oil fields convert to natural gas storage) were researched and landowners contacted by Land Reps prior to lawyers.

I enjoyed the contact with all levels of negotiation, less the third-party attorneys who really didn't have the knowledge to represent the landowners. Easement right have become more distinct over the years. My company under the Cities Service umbrella, that include 30 + companies in the early 1900's were written as blanket easement that could be defined as vague as 1/4 section easements. Courts declared that those easements were to be more finely defined in more recent times. Easements were acquired by the rod's usually, and didn't specify a width which made my job difficult at times.

I have not seen any Landman Episodes yet but anticipate a negative view of my occupation. I was respected as a professional and would be told I was very fair with the reasonable landowner.

[Ocotillo]

Originally Posted by CatinKS

I have not seen any Landman Episodes yet but anticipate a negative view of my occupation. I was respected as a professional and would be told I was very fair with the reasonable landowner.

I'd say the most negative aspect of the oil and gas industry depicted by the show is the lack of safety.