SARAH BENES

8300 El Mundo Street, #710, Houston, Texas 77054 • Cell: 361-401-3040 •

Skills

  • Abstracting, Due Diligence, and Curative, to include drafting, notarial execution and recording of all necessary instruments.
  • Lease Checks, Mineral and Surface Ownership Reports, Runsheets, Lease Purchase Reports, Lease and Unit Reviews.
  • Buying and negotiation of leases and closing with notarial acts.
  • Knowledge and analysis of instruments pertaining to oil and gas ventures and transactions such as Assignments and BOS’s, Farm In/Out, Amendments Operating Agreements, ORI’s, NPRI’s, and all other pertinent instruments styled for oil and gas acquisitions, agreements, and royalty divestments.
  • Utilize and study topographical maps, tax maps, deed plotter programs, oil and gas software, i.e. Drilling Info, RRC, and any other software acquired per client disposal and/or request for research.

Work History

Contract Landman 01/2015 to 11/2015

Purple Land Management-Ryan Steele, Regional Land Manager- Canton, OH

  • Abstracting, Runsheets, Lease Checks, utilizing tax maps, deed plotter programs, online oil and gas sites and other corresponding software.
  • Due Diligence and Curative on title and lease acquisitions for payment defect and encumbrances.
  • Oil and Gas Lease analysis for Lease/Unit Reviewto include Lease Purchase Reports, Assignments and BOS’s, Farm In/Out, Amendments Operating Agreements, ORI’s, NPRI’s, and all other pertinent instruments styled and filed of record for oil and gas acquisitions, agreements, and royalty disbursement.

Contract Field Landman/Lease Buyer 07/14 to 01/2015

Kenyon Energy, LLC- Michael To, Project Manager/Legal Counsel- Oklahoma City, OK

  • Leasing surface and mineral interests to include negotiations and closing notarial acts for Oil and Gas Leases; Top Leasing.
  • Lease Checks for mineral and surface ownership for open or HBP acreage.
  • Perform curative for surface and mineral interest before, during and after lease acquisition.

Contract Field Landman/Lease Buyer10/13 to 07/14

Axiom Land and Exploration, LLC-Bonnie Foster, President-Lisbon, OH

  • Leasing surface and mineral interests to include negotiations and closing notarial acts for Oil and Gas Leases
  • Research and prepare Mineral and Surface Ownership Reports, cursory title for open or HBP acreage, Lease Checks, and Lease Purchase Reports.
  • Abstracting sovereignty to present day utilizing tax maps, topo maps, deed plotter programs, Ohio Department of Natural Resources oil and gas site and other corresponding software; Runsheets.

Contract Field Landman/Lease Buyer 05/2007 to 07/2013

Crew Land Research, Ltd. - Matthew Zander, President-Houston, TX

  • Abstracting sovereignty to present day utilizing tax maps, topographic maps, RRC, Drilling Info, and metes and bounds software; runsheets.
  • Drafting Oil and Gas Leases, Memorandum of Oil and Gas Leases, and Affidavits.
  • Review Mineral and Ownership Reports, negotiation and closing notarial acts for Oil and Gas Leases; preparation of Lease Purchase Reports and Payment Reports.

SARAH BENES

Title Research Assistant, 04/2006 to 05/2007

McLeroy Land Group-Myrna McLeroy, President- Gonzales, TX

  • Assist in preparation of title runsheets obtaining instruments from the courthouse, copying and scanning as needed; preparation of Mineral and Surface Ownership Reports.

Education

University of North Texas Paralegal Certificate Program- Denton, TX

Bowling Green State University- Bowling Green, OH

Certifications- Registered Landman

American Association of Professional Landmen

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