Land/Land Adm/DO/ROW/A&D management
Resume:
JAMES WM. BELL
Edmond, Oklahoma
abobry@r.postjobfree.com
28+ total years of Oil & Gas Land Management experience; executive experience includes employment as a VP with Fortune 500
Oil/Gas Corporation and acted as Managing Director of a private start-up Land Services Company based in Houston Texas for 15 years.
Expertise includes staff management of o ff i c e a n d f i e l d Land men, ROW Agents, Division Order Land men, project management, JIB
& Well Administration. Managed an operational office both city and field locations, as related to oil & gas exploration and production
operational land needs of oil & gas client base companies in 15 states in the southwest & northeast US with emphasis on Texas,
Oklahoma, N ew Mexico, Arkansas, Kansas, California, Missouri and Louisiana. Wind Project ROW experience with ESSO In
UK.
28 years of Critical Oil/Gas Land based Experience includes:
*Surface & Mineral Title Ownership *Develop Acquisition/Sale strategies for mineral & surface assets
*Oil/Gas Sales & acquisition modeling
*Transactional A &D management exceeding $950M
*Manage trade & JV activity, JOA's
*Mineral & Surface Owner lease negotiations
*Various permit management/tracking *Well Administration Management
*Topo/GIS Mapping of s urface/sub Assets *Excalibur, Quorun, Land Pro, database exp./Customs
*Disposition of Assets of mineral & surface
*Targeted Mineral acquisition
*Regulatory Compliance assurance/Monitoring *Extensive Legal knowledge
*Project/Asset Due Diligence *Extensive surface Operations experience *SOX
Compliance & Regulatory Affairs Management *Division Order Management
*Litigation Management *Exceptional sales ability
*Oil & Natural Gas Pipeline Operations/ROW acquisition
*Oil/GasClaims Investigations
*Underground Gas storage leasing *Exceptional PP presentation as to new clients/sales
*Extensive Oil/Gas contacts across US *Manage ROW acquisitions projects
*Personnel Management exceeding 300+ *Large scale Project management
*Budget preparation *20 years of Due Diligiance experience
*OCC, KCC, TXRRC, BIA, BLM exp. *RFP Prep & Analysis
VP of Land Administration Oklahoma City, Ok. Sandridge Energy April 2009-January 2013
Responsible company wide for the management of Lease Records, ROW, Division Orders, SOX
Compliance, P&P's, Well Administration and two $1..2B Royalty Trust Operations and two JV's for leaseholds in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas,
GOM, Louisiana, Colorado, New Mexico. Manage a staff of 128 employees in mentioned states and a professional office staff of 89.
Operating budgetary management exceeding $375M. Within 2012 managed the administration side of the drilling of 1,234 new wells in
Oklahoma Texas and Kansas; acquired more than 4000 new mineral leases, renewals exceeding 3550 leases and in excess of 1800 ROW
surface and subsurface easement acquisitions. Acquired 144 fee properties for SWDW's and filed office site locations.
THE BELL GROUP LAND SERVICES, LLC Houston, Texas. 1993-March 2009(sold Company to
REIT) Managing Director
Provided Oil/Gas based land services to client companies operating in Texas (GOM), Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Montana, Illinois, NY and Valley region. Services included E&P companies needs regarding the targeted acquisition and
disposition of mineral and surface rights exceeding $1.28+ in value; managed JIB accounts, SOX compliance, Division Orders/DOTO, NRI
calculations and deck structuring, GIS mapping data base, Regulatory Affairs@ OCC, TRRC & KCC, Well Administration, Excalibur database,
supervised title review/curative work, Landman, DOLM, Geologist appraisals, risk management reporting, Lawyer & ROW Agents in office
and field management. Provided full point negotiations and document preparation for acquiring or disposing of on shore property/mineral
rights, production analyses, JOA's, Farm in-outs, Title review/opinions, Drilling applications, Unit formations, AFE management/accounting
reports, and mineral reserve classifications, provide full route selection & survey plats, acquisition due diligence reports, establishment of
asset tracking data bases, working regulatory compliance issues with state agencies with expertise associated with OCC & TRRC, establish
JV's and maintain sales & acquisition relationships. Provided topographic mapping of client companies' asset base in US and UK.
Provide/establish policy & procedures manuals for land/mineral acquisitions rights. Perform specialty land related services as per client's
request. Extensive international experience with ESSO International in UK and other European locations.
EXXON COMPANY, USA, EXXON GAS SYSTEMS & ESSO International Varied locations 1981-1993 (Intern from 1978-1981}
Vice President of SW Lands, (exit position}
Executive responsibilities included:
Managed a in-house corporate staff of 48 employees and up to 200+ contract employees regarding a 9 state region
Actively participate in development of acquisition strategies in US and European markets
Over 12+year tenor, sold and acquired more than $5.78 in mineral assets
Manage 9 state real property & mineral sales/acquisitions and GOM off shore JV's, Regulatory Affairs of OCC, TRRC & KCC,
Division Orders, Lease Administration, ROW, Units P/L route planning, JIB, Well Administration and all surface operations as to
damages, including new well site.
Cultivate industry relationships to grow business in target areas
Manage all issues associated with land, lease and title
Manage issues of trade and JV activities as needed
Coordinate, integrate various Land items related to permitting drill locations in domestic plays Acquire,
maintain, and prepare properties for drilling, recompletions, reworks and P&A Coordinate activities with
property through the life of the property
Field inquires for mineral owners and working interest partners
Heavy contact position (both internal and external} on legal issues, regulatory matters, exploration and production issues, gas marketing
and lease record/division order arrangements
Interact with other disciplines in a team environment to accomplish company goals
Prepare and negotiate appropriate contracts and agreements to facilitate operations
Coordinate through the State Regulatory agency all exploration and production issues to facilitate company production goals
Educational transcripts and references available upon request
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