Land Management, negotiations, regulatory

RACHAEL FELDER

**** ** ***** ** ******** City, Oklahoma

Cell: 405-***-****

Email: *******.******@*****.***

RACHAEL FELDER

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

Experience in providing a variety of land services in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Louisiana including negotiating and drafting all types of exploration contracts and handling numerous regulatory matters. Strong technical skills and works particularly well in a cross discipline team environment.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Negotiating and drafting Oil and Gas Leases, Assignments, Farmout Agreements, Pre Pooling Letter Agreements, Participation Agreements, Joint Operating Agreements, Mineral Deeds, Affidavits, Surface Agreements and Acreage Trade Agreements. Supervising Brokers and internal personnel. Ordering and reviewing Drilling and Division Order Title Opinions, satisfying curative issues and setting up wells. Prospect Leasing, Joint Ventures, Oklahoma Regulatory Hearings, Damage Settlements,

EXPERIENCE

Continental Resources Company

Sr. Landman, November 2012 to December 2017

Responsible for acquisition and maintenance of mineral rights and leasehold interests within ten townships in Oklahoma. Supervised brokers, acquired new acreage while maintaining existing acreage. Responsible for multiple rig lines and securing title necessary to drill wells. Coordinated the preparation of Spacing, Pooling, Location Exception, Increased Density and Multi Unit Applications with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. Scheduled applications with various commission attorneys. Provided expert witness testimony. Coordinated hearing dates and expert witnesses across the necessary disciplines, scheduled and led meetings with internal and external expert witnesses prior to hearings.

Significant Achievements:

Land Lead for Continental/SK (DewBlaine) E&P Joint Venture Project in the NW Cana Area.

Managed three brokerage firms and secured 57,000 acres in three months necessary to fulfill the preliminary contract terms of the JV Agreement.

Yale Oil and Gas

Land Manager, November 2011 to November 2012

Responsible for all Land functions including management of land administration and support staff. Responsible for keeping up with a drilling schedule of 10-12 company-operated wells a year. Negotiated agreements for the mineral interests in Oklahoma and Texas for outside-operated wells. Supervised Lease Brokers, coordinated all Oklahoma Corporation Commission applications, provided expert witness testimony while scheduling and securing the expert witnesses of other disciplines. Drafted and circulated Joint Operating Agreements for company-operated wells.

QEP Energy Company

Sr. Landman, May 2010 – November 2011

Responsible for acquisition and maintenance of mineral rights and leasehold interest within five townships in Oklahoma following several rig lines. Responsible for all land functions including supervising Brokers, preparation and scheduling of Oklahoma Corporation Commission applications and providing expert witness testimony.

Comanche Exploration Company

Landman, August 2006 – May 2010

Responsible for all Land functions necessary to follow a drill schedule of 24 wells a year in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas and managed land support staff.

Associate Landman, January 2000 – August 2006

Responsible for all Land functions necessary to follow a drill schedule of 24 wells a year in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas including negotiating, settling and preparing Surface Use Agreements.

Land Secretary, May 1998 – January 2000

Assisted Land Manager in preparation of leases, farmout agreements, Joint Operating Agreements and preparation of all Oklahoma Corporation Commission Application Requests and Respondents Lists. Sent lease offer letters and tracked incoming elections prior to the filing of OCC Regulatory Work. Proposed various types of operations under a variety of different JOA forms. Prepared Revenue and JIB Decks, assisted with curing Title Opinion Requirements, prepared and distributed Division Orders to Royalty, Overriding Royalty and Working Interest Owners.

Revenue Accounting Clerk, March 1998 – May 1998

Used SOGAS to run end of month reports, prepared monthly revenue checks and sent out manually.

JIB Accounting Clerk, January 1998-May 1998

Used SOGAS to run end of month reports, prepare monthly JIB’s and Statements, sent to all working interest owners manually. Also responsible for all other account payables within the company including paying rent space, utilities and miscellaneous fund.

EDUCATION

Bachelor Liberal Studies 2006

University of Oklahoma

Norman Oklahoma

Associates of Applied Science in Accounting 1999

Oklahoma State University (OSU/OKC)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

CERTIFICATION

Certified Professional Landman since Feb 1, 207

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Association of Professional Landmen

Oklahoma City Association of Professional Landmen

REFERENCES

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