02-05-2012, 06:12 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Oklahoma - Where they call a puck a ball...
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Any Oil and Gas Land Researchers ( Landmen) here?
Well I have been doing this for a few months now.. Haven't been promoted to Landman yet but have taken and completed a Landman training course here in Oklahoma.
I am asking because my wife is really putting the pressure on me to move to Calgary. I am considering it now ( bc 5 yrs of her pressure is wearing me down  )and was curious how it was up there. Is it easy to get into etc... Here I pretty much had to know someone to get the gig. It's a great job with great pay. Only problem with it is I am away from home 5 days a week. Anyway.. Any info on this career in YYC?
Last edited by nickerjones; 02-05-2012 at 09:47 PM.
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02-05-2012, 07:18 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: 89' First Round Game Seven Overtime
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Why don't you be a Landman in the USA? From my understanding a guy can make some amazing money doing that job in the US compared to Canada where the crown owns almost all the mineral rights.
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02-05-2012, 08:11 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Calgary
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Depends on what you do, there are Landmen (mineral) and Land Agents (surface). To do minerals you don't need any certification or qualification to do the work. To do surface you need to take the Land course at Olds College, which you can do online. Then you need to do I think 10 supervised and 15 unsupervised deals until you get your Land Agent's license.
There are a lot better places in Alberta to be one, more demand in Edmonton & northern Alberta, or even Saskatchewan, but there are also hundreds of Land Agents in Calgary so it's not a terrible place to be.
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02-05-2012, 08:19 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Oklahoma - Where they call a puck a ball...
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Originally Posted by Mike Vernon
Why don't you be a Landman in the USA? From my understanding a guy can make some amazing money doing that job in the US compared to Canada where the crown owns almost all the mineral rights.
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Yes I agree with you but like I said my wife wants to move back home to Calgary. I am just weighing options at this point. I just started in this industry here and would love to stay. I also have heard happy wife, happy life.
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02-05-2012, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
Depends on what you do, there are Landmen (mineral) and Land Agents (surface). To do minerals you don't need any certification or qualification to do the work.
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Yeah, those mineral landmen are trained at 7-11 and are complete divs.
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02-05-2012, 09:54 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Behind you.
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mineral landmen nothing tangible just intangible. 
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02-05-2012, 10:24 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Madman
Yeah, those mineral landmen are trained at 7-11 and are complete divs.
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The OP is curious about land work in Alberta, I think those facts are relevant. I don't really care one way or the other, I was under the impression you didn't need a certificate or anything formal to be a mineral landman.
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02-05-2012, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by nickerjones
Well I have been doing this for a few months now.. Haven't been promoted to Landman yet but have taken and completed a Landman training course here in Oklahoma.
I am asking because my wife is really putting the pressure on me to move to Calgary. I am considering it now ( bc 5 yrs of her pressure is wearing me down )and was curious how it was up there. Is it easy to get into etc... Here I pretty much had to know someone to get the gig. It's a great job with great pay. Only problem with it is I am away from home 5 days a week. Anyway.. Any info on this career in YYC? |
Perhaps this the driving force behind your wife's pressure?
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02-05-2012, 10:53 PM
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One of the Nine
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Originally Posted by Pizza
Perhaps this the driving force behind your wife's pressure?
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You might be on to something.
Say, do you think the reason the Flames have lost so many games this year is because they didn't score more goals than their opponents?
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02-05-2012, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 4X4
You might be on to something.
Say, do you think the reason the Flames have lost so many games this year is because they didn't score more goals than their opponents?
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If your reading skills are anything like your infamous driving skills, try reading into my post again
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02-05-2012, 11:01 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
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Originally Posted by Burn13
mineral landmen nothing tangible just intangible. |
Totally agree, those guys appear to be nothing but a burn rate on G&A.
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02-05-2012, 11:27 PM
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One of the Nine
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Originally Posted by Pizza
If your reading skills are anything like your infamous driving skills, try reading into my post again
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Lol. Is there some deeper meaning hidden in your post? I'm not trying to be a jackass here, I was making fun of you pointing out the obvious. Apparently I missed something profound?
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02-05-2012, 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 4X4
Lol. Is there some deeper meaning hidden in your post? I'm not trying to be a jackass here, I was making fun of you pointing out the obvious. Apparently I missed something profound?
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nevermind
obvious to some, not so obvious to others
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02-05-2012, 11:41 PM
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One of the Nine
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In that case, I concede defeat. Your wit is over my head.
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02-05-2012, 11:54 PM
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No worries
I just wanted a reason to bring up your driving skills 
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02-06-2012, 12:02 AM
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One of the Nine
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Ok. And for the record, I don't find anything unusual about a 2011 join date calling me out on driving.
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