Senior Landman

Overview

Ellipsis U.S. Onshore ("Ellipsis") is a Dallas-based private energy company focused on the acquisition and development of large, producing oil and gas assets in the United States.

Ellipsis is executing on a non-operated strategy throughout the U.S. onshore. Ellipsis’ current assets include ~1,000 wells totaling ~15,000 BOE/day across the Permian Basin, Haynesville Shale and DJ Basin.

Job Description

Ellipsis seeks a Senior Landman to join our growing business. The Senior Landman will assist the Land Department with day-to-day land activities required to maintain our non-operated

working and mineral interests located throughout the onshore United States. The position reports directly to the Land Manager, and is located at our headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

Responsibilities

- AFE Upkeep

: Support the Land and Engineering Departments with reoccurring drilling & completion proposals, workover proposals, and corresponding AFEs.

- Contract Maintenance

: Negotiate lease extensions, lease amendments, and other contracts necessary to protect the existing profile of all producing assets.

- Partner Correspondence

: Effectively communicate and maintain relationships with our operating partners across all basins.

- Due Diligence Reliability

: Assist Land Department with all due diligence projects necessary to acquire additional oil & gas assets to grow our position.

- Vendor Management:

Work with outside landmen and attorneys when necessary to fulfil outside objectives.

- Database Support:

Maintain lease schedule and asset inventory at the Land Level to harmonize and keep consistent with engineering database.

- Deal Evaluation:

Assist the Land Department on the front end of any asset evaluation requirements including, but not limited to, JOA reviews, lease obligations, and additional land implications.

- Interest Verification:

Corroborate Working Interests and Net Revenue Interests encompassing our existing wells and upside assets.

Requirements

- A minimum of eight (8) years of in-house experience working with broad-based exploration and development projects.

- Permian Basin experience, particularly Delaware and Midland Basins.

- Ability to interpret and dissect typical oil & gas contracts including, but not limited to, oil & gas leases, Joint Operating Agreements, Declarations of Pooled Units, and Lease Amendments.

- Substantial Title Opinion exposure working through title curative and requirements

- Significant experience calculating working interests and net revenue interests across multiple basins.

- Conscientious attitude with a team-first mindset

- Extremely detail oriented

- Organizational skills necessary to fulfil highlighted job responsibilities.

- Ability to operate and adapt in an environment of rapidly changing priorities.

- Bachelor's Degree in Petroleum Land Management, Business or related field preferred.

- Experience with Quorum On-Demand Land preferred.

It is impossible to list every requirement for, or responsibility of, any position. Similarly, we cannot identify all the skills a position may require since job responsibilities and the Company’s needs may change over time. Therefore, the above job description is not comprehensive or exhaustive. The Company reserves the right to adjust, add to or eliminate any aspect of the above description. The Company also retains the right to require all employees to undertake additional or different job responsibilities when necessary to meet business needs.

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Benefits & Perks:

- Time Off

: 20 days of PTO for full-time employees and 12 company holidays.

- Summer Fridays

: July 4th through Labor Day, the office is completely closed/offline every other Friday.

- Company Paid Benefits

: Life insurance, Short-term disability, Long-term disability, Paid parental leave, Employee Assistance Program, and medical insurance in our high deductible health plan.

- Optional Employee Paid Benefits

: Medical insurance in our EPO plan, Dental benefits, and Vision benefits. We also offer Health Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts, Supplemental Life insurance, and more.

- 401(k):

Discretionary company match of up to 4%.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

WESTLAWN IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. THE COMPANY'S POLICY IS NOT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY APPLICANT OR EMPLOYEE BASED ON RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, GENDER, AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, MARITAL STATUS, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY, AND GENETIC INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER BASIS PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THE FIRM ALSO PROHIBITS HARASSMENT OF APPLICANTS OR EMPLOYEES BASED ON ANY OF THESE PROTECTED CATEGORIES.