Critical Legal Concepts in the land Profession
This class is designed to offer specialized instruction for the landman, land technician, lease or title analyst, attorney or division order analyst. This course will cover federal and state ownership of land and minerals, state specific title issues and statutes, specific language in conveyances, and state specific legal concepts among other topics.
Comprehensive Study of the Oil and Gas Lease
This practical course provides a solid understanding of the common provisions and legal significance of an oil and gas lease. It will help land management and land administration personnel manage the company’s oil and gas lease assets. Students will better understand Termination vs. Savings clauses and will be able to evaluate alternative wording and the implications of striking or modifying lease language. This class is designed to offer specialized instruction for the landman, land technician, lease or title analyst as they deal with particular leases and lease related issues.
Curing Land Titles
Curing title defects is one of the most important functions of petroleum land management. This course will provide a solid understanding of the critical elements surrounding marketable title, the title opinion and curative, common conflicts in a chain of title, encumbrances that are superior to the oil and gas lease, and curative pertaining to surface issues.
Environmental and Ethical Issues in PLM
This course will explore environmental and ethical issues related to PLM. Legislation, court decisions, and governmental agencies have all created a new level of regulation of environmental issues that land professionals and others may have to deal with on an increasing basis. Additional issues to be covered will include matters related to the AAPL code, state codes, and corporate codes of ethics. The course will include case studies to apply ethical and/or environmental principles.
GIS Uses for the Land Professional
GIS Uses: This hands-on course offers an overview of Geographic Information Systems Technology (GIS) and its uses in land management. Students will work with the data provided by GIS based land management systems including survey data (county boundaries, blocks and sections); lease data (county courthouse data); and well locations and permit activity (state government data). Throughout the weeks of this course, students will learn how to create, add, and share feature classes among their peers. The course will also discuss some of the tasks that landmen can accomplish by annotating maps with key information such as lessor/lessee names, lease expiration dates, working interests (WI), overriding royalty (OR), overriding royalty interest (ORRI), and net revenue interest, among others.
Renewable Energy Sources
This course offers a comparative review of energy sources in the United States and a practical guide to understanding the basics for wind, solar and geothermal energy, wind lease agreements and compensation packages for land owners. It also explores the impact of the production of these sources of energy on the land management industry and the landman profession.