Welcome to the Petroleum Industry

The work of a professional petroleum landman is to research the legal title to land to determine the owner of the mineral rights (”Title Search”), prepare the reports, plats and documents (”Runsheet”) to reveal the result to the client and then to negotiate with the mineral owner, following the guidelines set out by your client, to secure the right to set up an oil/gas well, drill and explore for oil/gas production. (”Get Ink”). The information in our Landman’s Manual will explore all the above tasks, how they are performed, how the reporting process works, and how to apply “Art” and “Science” to such a profession.

About Our Landman Education Class

Landman-Ed provides landman education for persons interested in learning to be a landman-Texas is ground zero to begin your landman career! For candidates interested in landman courses-Beaumont, located nearby and the home of the petroleum industry, is a perfect location for persons interested in preparing for a career as a landman-Houston area, as well as all overTexas. Your instructor is Nancy Gandy, Independent Petroleum Landman, of ProLandAq, Inc. Landman education class size is usually twenty or less and your instructor knows your name.  You will receive one-on-one instruction and Landman-Ed makes your landman courses fun. In addition, you will learn document interpretation and special instruction in the use of Excel and Access for your runsheet and reporting forms. Your understanding of the material is complete before moving to the next segment. Class starts at 8:30 am and continues until 5:30 pm.  We take about an hour for lunch, but sometimes we eat at our tables and work through lunch. 

About The Landman Education Manual

Included in the class is the 150-page “Landman Desk Reference Manual; A Guide to the Art and Science of a Petroleum Landman”.  The Manual contains sixteen pages of glossary, seventeen pages of examples, and ninety-two pages of How-To-Do-The-Job. It is possible to pre-purchase the manual if you are coming to a class at a later date. To pre-purchase the manual, click here.

The Job Search for your Landman Career

Part of the class will be learning to start your search for your first contract, where to look, language for your resumé and deciding your ideal job. Determine where you wish to work as a landman in relation to where you live. A landman traditionally goes to the location in which the work lies. Very few parts of Texas are not a target for the drilling rig, therefore that is where you will find a landman-Texas is not the only place for a landman career. New exploration sends the landman to various other states, West Virginia, The Dakotas, Colorado, Utah and California to name a few.

About Your Instructor:

Nancy Gandy’s experience totals thirty-three years, and encompasses many facets of the industries about which she teaches.  A little less than half those years were spent as a landman, and about the same time spent as a Right of Way Agent.  Squeezed in there is four years spent in Telecommunications Site Acquisition Agent and a little time spent as a Permitter.  Nancy says: “Somehow, I’m driven to find people who yearn, as I did, for a better life and work I can do that suits my talents and abilities.

I love seeing that moment in the eyes of my student when he says, ‘Oh, I get it.’”  Check us out, but remember, this is a demanding business, slackers need not apply.”

Cost Of The Class:

The cost of the class is $300 if pre-registered and paid prior to class, and $325 at the door, if space is available.   

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