* The primary responsibility of the Land Representative is to handle the development, negotiation, drafting and management of EP Petroleum Contracts & Agreements typically within a geographical area and serve as the commercial subject matter expert related to the full EP lifecycle
* The range of agreements and scope of responsibilities includes but is not limited to oil and gas leases, alternative energy leases and related joint ventures, Exchange Agreements, licenses, Purchase & Sale, Joint Operating Agreements (JOA’s), Farmouts, Farmins, Bidding Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements, production sharing agreements, rights-of-way,surface use agreements or other petroleum agreements in support of exploring for and producing hydrocarbons. Accountabilities could include commercial advice to unconventional or nontraditional projects, particularly in reference to land use and securing land rights for surface operations
* Also included are other petroleum agreements dealing with the ownership, equity and operating rights in onshore US oil and gas investments
* Primary commercial interface to joint venture industry partners as well as internal and external service providers participating in Peer Assist and commercial framing activities
* Participate in special projects or other activities as business needs require across onshore US
* This assignment will be accountable for a specific geographic area of the Onshore US containing active EP assets residing in the exploration, development and/or production phase of the EP lifecycle
* The function will:
• Interface directly with the Exploration Venture Leaders, Development and Production Asset Leader(s) or other managers responsible for exploring and managing the specified assets
• Be the commercial representative on any number of Technical or Asset Teams associated with the full EP lifecycle or alternative energy projects
• Be the commercial representative on new entry opportunities (organically developed or purchased from a third party)
• Provide commercial guidance to the Asset and Technical Leaders relative to EP upstream commercial agreements to deliver the Business Plan
• Be an external interface with EP Commercial contract parties, joint venture partners and other key stakeholders
• Administer Petroleum Contract provisions (i.e. Operation proposals, AFEs,Partner meetings, Field Reviews, Audit issues)
• Negotiate and prepare legal documents and contracts to record the terms and conditions of commercial agreements
• Coordinate internal reviews of commercial agreements by the finance,legal,tax,and other appropriate functions
* Evaluate and frame EP opportunities
* Undertake due diligence using commercial/land skills deployed in the acquisition and divestiture of EP assets
Requirements:
* Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
* Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Land Management, Energy Management/Commerce, Business or related field from an accredited university
* Masters, MBA or Law Degree a plus
* Minimum 3 or more years of land and contracts experience, preferably with exposure to onshore land activities
* Hands on commercial transactions or operations desk experience
* Willing to travel up locally to 25%, travel and field assignments are expected as business needs require
* Able to handle responsibility for a certain geographic area within the onshore US to acquire, develop and/or divest of EP assets and provide commercial advice to line management
* Must have an understanding and experience in oil & gas accounting, COPAS and Property Administration
* Must have a solid understanding of US EP oil and gas commercial agreements, contracts (Joint Operating Agreements, Participation Agreements, Unit Agreements, Production Handling Agreements, Farmout/Farmin Agreements, oil and gas leases and other EP upstream contracts/provisions)
* Must have strong EP experience across the EP value chain and particularly the joint venture structures and agreements used in joint ventures
* Will be expected to be flexible to business needs across onshore land and contracts with clear enterprise first behaviors with US travel and temporary field assignments as business needs require
* Must have the ability to perform in a fast paced, sometimes intense, working environment
* The job will require the ability to successfully interface with multiple functional management lines, technical team members, industry partners, and service providers
* Primary challenge will be to step into a high volume, operations desk with complex commercial structures and short term obligations. Many of our operations desk support many customers, so multi-tasking is essential
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