Operator Engineer SPE Regulatory Engineer Unconventional VP

GARY LAND

**** ** **** ****** ******** City OK **112 405-***-**** ac55nc@r.postjobfree.com

Highly motivated, detail oriented Geoscience professional with years of comprehensive experience in multiple reservoirs and working multiple basins of North America. A leader and mentor to the team driven to excellence from exploration, prospecting, acquisition, drilling, production, development, and reservoir enhancement phases of major oil producing basins. An excellent communicator understanding the leadership directives and interpersonal skills needed to effectively relay highly technical language in layman’s terms, a mentor to my team associates.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Reservoir Assessment

Geophysical Interpretations

Regulatory Training

Prospect Delineation

Geosteering Expert

Regulatory Permitting

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Identified key structural and stratigraphic elements necessary for unconventional success in the Delaware, Rockies and Mid-Continent Horizontal Plays.

Determined stratigraphic markers for consistent correlation for Reservoir modeling.

Implemented basin modeling standards important in predicting key pertinent elements for consistent geologic success.

Communicate effectively with all branches of E&P - Engineering, Land, Accounting, Regulatory and Geosciences.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Management:

Lead by example, mentoring training and developing skilled teams from Start-Up

Developed projects where “the least” of the team consider themselves an integral contributor

Developed and Sold projects within budget to Executive Management

Corporate Sales of Geologic Prospects provided excellent profits

Formation Plays and highlights:

Hoxbar, Tight Oil, Mississippian, Woodford, DesMoinsian, Springer, Atoka

Morrow, Chester, Hunton, Cottage Grove, Cleveland, Lansing, Cherokee

Permian, Arbuckle, Simpson, Hartshorne, Booch

SCOOP CANA MERGE and Stacked Plays in Oklahoma

Plate Tectonic Relevance Study Related to Basin Modeling of all Rockies and Mid-Continent basins.

Powder River Basin Prospects: CHK/RKI partnership 1M acre acquisition; 500 sq. 3D geophysics

oFrontier, Niobrara, Parkman, Teckla, Teapot, Sussex, Shannon, Skull Creek, Mowry, Muddy, Dakota, Leo, and Minnelusa formations

Denver Julesburg Basin Prospects

oCodell and Niobrara formations

Permian Basin; SE New Mexico & Texas, Delaware, Avalon, Bone Springs, Wolfberry Sprayberry, Canyon Reef

Anadarko Basin, Arkoma Basin, Central Platform

Austin Chalk, Eagle ford, Haynesville, Barnett, Fayetteville, – Various Plays

CBM: Powder River Basin

Gary Land Industry Highlights

Keith F. Walker Oil & Gas 2012-2015 VP Unconventional Resources

Oklahoma Unconventional Prospect- 1500 BOPD; drilled hole in csg on 2nd plug

RKI Exploration and Production 2008-2012 Start-Up Operator

oRockies District Geologist- Unconventional Discoveries

Niobrara, Frontier, Parkman Teapot - Prospect Lead

Avalon/Bone Springs / Delaware Basin – Geology Team

RKI OIL production 06/15/2008 - 250 BOPD Start up $200M

05/13/2013 Oil production - 14000 BOPD[1]

02/06/2015 Oil production – 30000 BOPD

Sold to WPX Energy $2,750,000,000

Petra/SMT, Kingdom/Geographix/Aries engineering software

General Summary:

Exploration: Mid-Continent Conventional and Unconventional Plays

Scoop and Stacked Plays: Mississippian, Woodford, Hoxbar, DesMoinsian, Cherokee prospects

Morrow Chester Hunton Cottage Grove / NW Shelf Anadarko

Permian through Arbuckle Central Shelf/ Southern Oklahoma

Fayetteville Haynesville Woodford Arbuckle/ Arkoma Basin

Springer Woodford Bromide Arbuckle Wichita Mountain Front

Exploration: Rocky Mountains Conventional and Unconventional

Plate Tectonic Relevance Study Related to Rockies Basins

Powder River Basin Prospects

oFrontier Niobrara Parkman Teckla Teapot Sussex Shannon Skull Creek Mowry Muddy Dakota Leo and Minnelusa formations

Denver Julesburg Basin Prospects

oCodell and Niobrara Prospects

Development: Permian Basin – Conventional and Unconventional

SE New Mexico/Texas Delaware, Avalon, Bone Springs, Wolfcamp

Development: Anadarko Basin Central Platform Oklahoma

Development: South Texas Austin Chalk Horizontal

Development: Alabama Smackover LS

Consultant/Independent Geologist 1988 to 2008

Macland Energy Corp – VP Exploration 1983 to 1988 Start-up Operator

oCreated Leased and operated 10 to 15 wells per year Anadarko basin

Old Dominion Oil Corp - VP Exploration 1979 to 1983 Start-UP Operator

oDeveloped personnel from 3 to 53 in 18 months

Education:

BS IN GEOLOGY University of Oklahoma 01/1979

MBA OCU Incomplete 1981

Societies: AAPG; RMAG; OCGS; SPE; CPG#6133

CHRONOLOGY

Keith F. Walker Oil & Gas 04/2012 – 05/2015

VP Unconventional Reservoirs

RKI Exploration & Production 06/2008 – 04/2012

Consultant & District Geologist

Independent Geologist 07/2002 – 06/2008

IOGCC 01/2000 – 07/2002

Regulatory Training Coordinator

Consultant & Independent Geologist 01/1988 – 01/2001

Macland Energy Corp. 06/1983 – 01/1988

Owner & Operator, VP of Exploration

Old Dominion Oil Corp. 10/1979 – 06/1983

Owner & Operator, VP of Exploration

Coquina Oil Corp 01/1977 – 10/1979

Senior Geologist

Marlin Energy Corp 01/1976 – 01/1977

Junior Geologist

References: personal

Brent Umberham 405-***-****; VP Operations Redbluff Resources; VP Operations at RKI E&P

Joe and Linda McDonald 405-***-**** home; 405-***-**** cell

Joshua Davis (Josh) 405-***-****;

J Lackey 405-***-****; District Geologist at RKI E&P

Steve Carlton 405-***-**** Geologist at Keith F. Walker

Joshua Stewart 832-***-**** Managing Partner at NewTech MWD Services

Christopher Davis 405-***-**** MWD Operations Engineer at NewTech MWD Services

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