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A Landman or "Petroleum Landman"—in the United States and Canada—is an individual who performs various services for oil and gas exploration companies. [1] According to the website of the American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL), these services include but are not limited to: negotiating for the acquisition or divestiture of mineral rights; negotiating business agreements that ...
The American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL), previously called the American Association of Petroleum Landmen, is a professional organization in the United States that unites approximately 12,000 landmen and land-related persons in North America through professional development and service.
The University of Oklahoma offered the first degree of this kind, emerging in 1958 as the Petroleum Land Management program before becoming the Energy Management program in 1999. [2] The University of Oklahoma program remains one of the top energy management programs in the United States.
In 2023, a recent law in California banning new drilling in certain places including homes, schools, and healthcare facilities gathered enough signatures to put a referendum, filed on behalf of a board member of the California Independent Petroleum Association, on the 2024 general election ballot.
The company was a subsidiary of Euromoney Institutional Investor from 2001 until a 2016 management buyout by CEO John Royall and Texas investors. The business and strategy publication Petroleum Economist also transferred to the company in May 2016. [2] In mid-2017 the company acquired 109-year old Oildom Publishing. [3]
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The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 30 U.S.C. § 181 et seq. is a United States federal law that authorizes and governs leasing of public lands for developing deposits of coal, petroleum, natural gas and other hydrocarbons, in addition to phosphates, sodium, sulfur, and potassium in the United States.
In 1997, the company acquired Louisiana Land & Exploration, gaining interest in properties in the Gulf of Mexico. [3] In 1999, the company acquired Poco Petroleums, gaining properties in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. [4] The company also acquired ARCO's operations in Ecuador. [5]