Watched the first episode today. Billy Bob Thornton is so, so good. I've got season tickets to whatever that guy is in.
I don't have much experience with Sheridan shows outside the first season of Tulsa King (which I thought was entertaining but not necessarily really high quality TV), but this series has potential to be a lot more.
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Originally Posted by srvy:
I watched a few Bill Bob interviews on this new series and I am a fan of Thornton. That said wtf dude are you becoming a Depp clone or what? The headwrap dangling earrinds and Fedora arrrrrr matey I'm a pirate!
This has my interest for the simple fact I have worked in the energy field as a surveyor.
The engineering firm I have worked for is a major player in oil gas and power transmission. They do land planning design and easement acquisitions. Never once have met a landman in the field and we are always nearly the first in the field along with Lawyers. Its the Lawyer that goes out and secures leases and purchases agreements on land. They usually have multiple licenses in engineering Land Surveying and of course real estate law among others. Maybe this is the Landman? Geologists Land Surveyors and Lawyers. I will watch to see who they are talking about.
Sounds like you are on a different side of the industry. For exploration & production of oil and natural gas, the Landmen are responsible for acquiring mineral rights, curing title problems, keeping surface owners happy, and babysitting the mineral owners in general. A lot of Landmen have Law degrees, though it's not required.
I have a Landman degree, though I worked on the Division Order side of the business. The Landmen would help us when we came across title curative problems. A lot of my job was focused on the math element of calculating royalties & overriding royalties in the wells. They taught us all this math stuff in the college Landman classes. It can get pretty convoluted if you end up with 1,000 people in a single well, all of it chopped up in 1,000 unequal pieces. I liked the fact Division Order stuff did not require me to negotiate with anyone, which is a major part of the Landman job. There is more of a "Sales guy" element to the Landman side of the business.
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