/ 3127Centenary Blvd.
Shreveport, Louisiana 71104
Gary Sheffield J.D. dba /
SHEFFIELD ENTERPRIZES LIMITED INC.
Education / 1977 Louisiana Tech UniversityRuston, Louisiana
Bachelor of Arts-
Triple Majors- Political Science, English, History
1981 Southern University Law Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Juris Doctorate-
1981 -Present Continuing Education and Course Work
various locations
Computer Science, Mineral Law Seminars
Professional Experience / 1981 - 2001 Sheffield Law Offices
Alexandria, Louisiana
Attorney At Law
Private Practice Sr. Attorney (Three Man Firm) –
TrialAttorney, including Business and Corporate, Bankruptcy, Probate and Estates, Real Estate, Oil and Gas, Personal Injury, Criminal Defense and related cases.
2001 - 2002 Alvin Perkins –Attorney At Law
Alexandria, Louisiana
Landman
Researched Legal issues involving Oil and Gas companies liability claims and related cases–Plaintiff and Defendant
2002- 2004 Michael E. Brennan & Associates
Beaumont, Texas
Landman
Researched mineral title, prepared and obtained leases, performed due diligence, run sheets, etc.
Administrative drill site supervisor-directly responsible for preparing, supervise and employing various experts to obtain, impute and interpret data and studies in the application process to ultimately obtain governmental regulatory and permitting approval of drill site locations (within the city limits of Beaumont, Texas) Including working with City Attorney, Engineer and City Council.
2004- 2006 Cornay-Lowry Land & Abstracting
Lafayette, Louisiana
Sr. Landman
Supervised four (4) man leasing crew, researched mineral title, prepared and obtained leases and drafts. Prepared lease reports, maps etc.and made presentations on progress to clients, supervisors and department heads. Given particular assignments placing emphasis on obtaining leases from large property owners, attorneys and agents representing Bank trust departments, Corporations and Oil and Gas and Timber companies. Assigned to remain after crew relocated to obtain difficult, rejected and legally challenging lease acquisitions.All work performed in Hanesville shale, north Louisiana.
2006 Phil Pinney & Associates
Sugar Land, Texas
Landman- Crew chief
Researched mineral title prepared and obtained leases, performed due diligence, run sheets, data base, etc. Administration and Supervisory duties for (9) nine person crew.
2006- January 2007 Fender Exploration & Production Co., LLC
Tyler, Texas
Director of Land Services (in-house)
Head of department, independent Oil & Gas Company, including but not limited to :
Duties for supervising 14 man field crew- researching mineral title, preparing and obtaining leases, performing due diligence and lease checks, preparing and reviewing run sheets, In-house duties include title curative, permitting, preparingfarm-outs, farm-ins, take-offs, assignments, letteragreements ,pooling agreements, unit designations, etc.
Administrative and Supervisory duties of all support personnel, landmen and drilling crews, for all aspects of title, leasing, mapping, data base, exploration,etc.
Interpret andnegotiating various contracts including Joint OperatingAgreements, Farm-out Agreements, Exploration Agreements, Purchase and Sale Agreements, Oil and Gas Leases, Surface Use Agreements, Right of Way Agreements, etc.
February 2007-December 2009 J. G. Holding Inc.
Beaumont, Texas
Sr. Landman
Researched mineral title, preparing ownership reports and obtained leases,issuing drafts, options, performing due diligence, lease checks, HBP status, run sheets, etc.
February 2010-October 2010 Capital Land Services, Inc.
Edmond, Oklahoma
Landman -Crew chief
Supervised seven (7) man crew performing due diligence, lease checks, defining HBP status in various counties in Northern and Central Michigan. Following completion of 4 month project return to regularlandman duties i.e. preparing run sheets, running title, prep ownership reports, etc….
December 2010-March2011 J. G. Holding Inc.
Beaumont, Texas
Sr. Landman
Researched mineral title, preparing ownership reports and obtained leases, issuing drafts, options, performing due diligence, lease checks, HBP status, run sheets, etc.
March 2011-August 2011 Timberlake Management Inc.
Denver, Colorado
Sr. Landman
Researched mineral title, preparing ownership reports and obtained leases, issuing drafts, options, performing due diligence, lease checks, HBP status, run sheets, etc. in Southern Illinois.
September 2011-July 2012 Ensley Properties
Houston, Texas
Sr. Landman
Worked in-house at corporate headquarters for Petrohawk Energy(BHP Billiton) in downtown Houston, Texas, testing, configuring and implementing new Tobin Enterprise Land (TEL) software, companywide.
September 2012- January 2014 Black Diamond Oil & Gas Exploration, LLC
Shreveport, Louisiana
Sr. Landman
Researched mineral title, preparing ownership reports and obtained leases, issuing drafts, options, performing due diligence, lease checks, Complex issues involving HBP status, Depth variants, run sheets, etc.
June 2014-Present Beta Land Services, LLC
Lafayette, Louisiana
Sr. Landman
Researched mineral title, preparing ownership reports on Complex issues involving HBP status, on old production and units, etc.
Loaned out to major Oil company for special projects (in-house) Assets: North Dakota, Pennsylvania West Virginia and South Texas
Royalty Compliance Post Production Deductions-Project to evaluate company owned leases, locate the associated owners on the applicable Division Orders for each lease, and apply the appropriate marketing deductions to those owners based on lease language analyst, industry standards and current court cases in various jurisdictions. Evaluation of approximately 30,000 leases in (4 states).
Working Interest-
In depth project to evaluate working interest and Implement custom reporting tool to merge multiple data sources which hold working interest related data, and programmatically evaluate those data sources to identify discrepancies for further evaluation and then re-build JIB Decks and Merge data sources include land management system, joint interest billing, and custom well tracking database to properly reflecting true ownership interest in approximately 2800 wells.
- ALSO WORKED IN THE OILFIELD (OFF SHORE- (REBEL WELLSERVICES, INC. HOUMA, LOUISIANA) AS A DERICKMAN AND ASSISTANT DRILLER WHEN (18) YEARS OLD
- ALSO WORKED FOR WASTE OIL RECYCLING COMPANY (WHILE IN LAW SCHOOL) (SECONDARY OIL INC. BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA)SALEMAN- SOLD SECONDARY AND RECONSITUDED OIL PRODUCTS TO ASPHALT PLANTS, CONTRACTORS ETC. AS FUEL TO FIRE BOILERS, COVER ROAD ETC.
Professional Independent Petroleum Landmanwith J. D. (JurisDoctorate)and TWENTY (20) years of experience in private practice as Attorney and FORTEEN (14) years as Professional Independent Petroleum Landmanseeking contract position.
Experience in multiple phases of Oil and Gas Industryincluding land management, in-house and in-field operations, both as team member and fulfilling administrative functions. Particularly adept in title research, preparation and negotiation of lease, formulation of title run sheets, complicated WI and HBP issues, coordination with title attorneys, review of attorney's title opinions, including research of legal issues and current status of Oil and Gas Law of particular interest to client, securing of curative materials, performing due diligence and damage settlement functions for titled property, working interestassessment and oil and gas rights acquisition.
Ability to provide administrative function as company liaison with Legal, Governmental, Geological, Engineering, Accounting, Banking, Associates and Partners and the Media, if necessary.
Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing with governmental, compliance, surface and mineral owners and with field operations personnel on an ongoing basis to address and resolve exploration, development and production issues.
PersonalDate of birth- 08/09/1954
InformationFamily- (3) children 31, 28,22
(1) Grandchild 9
Interest- golf, snow skiing, duck hunting
Skills-Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel, Deed Plotter and other computer programs including Quorum Land System (QLS), SAP,I Landman, Excalibur,Etc.
ReferencesBank, Legal, Professional and Personal
(Available upon request)
AvailabilityAlmost Immediately
Current Date2015