Land Analyst II - OKC

Chesapeake Energy - Oklahoma City, OK

- Mid Level

Oklahoma City, OK

Oil and Gas Extraction

About the position

This intermediate level position provides analysis and prepares Land documentation in order to deliver Land and technical support for Acquisitions and Divestitures, Data Requests, Lease payments, and Joint Ventures.

Responsibilities

• Utilize company tools and systems to perform agreement maintenance
• Communicate with Accounting to ensure all partner billings are accurate and to capture invoice detail to provide to Accounting for the General Ledger
• Assist internal auditors with partner related issues
• Assist a senior analyst as needed to aid in identifying assets to be included in a potential trade or divesture
• Implement, maintain and process quality control (QC) reports for Land; utilization of company tools and systems to ensure completeness and accuracy of reports
• Manage Land metric reporting needs
• Set up Land payment obligations within the company's Lease Records system
• Create, maintain, and update new and existing lease record information in Land systems and applications
• Research, analyze, and interpret standard and routine title opinions, ownership reports, and other curative documents
• Ensure and verify that lease records are accurate and up-to-date and include all pertinent information including lease, payment, ownership and special obligations
• Perform lease records maintenance activities in land systems and databases, which include updating well and lease information, processing transfers, dropping records, reviewing payments, extensions, etc.
• Review, prepare, and disseminate land record reports to ensure any special obligations, payments, and expirations are made on time and are accurate
• Process memorandums of lease extensions, release of oil and gas leases, and assignments of oil and gas leases to ensure ownership is reflected correctly from the record title
• Retrieves, reviews and verifies leases, title, curative for unit review
• Verifies and processes lease payments
• Maintains and organizes well and lease information in land system databases and virtual files
• Performs general well maintenance, such as monitoring expirations, and updating in system databases and virtual files
• Validates that the correct payment is being made by looking at ownership reports, title opinions, etc.
• Generates information from GIS mapping systems, making recommendations in GIS system as needed
• Reconciles lease information
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Minimum: High school diploma or GED
• Minimum: 2 - 5 years related work experience
• Intermediate understanding of core functions of the various groups in the Land Department and the interdependencies between each department
• Intermediate understanding of basic Land practices and terminology including but not limited to lease terms, identifying ownership information, acreage terminology, and lease and well statuses
• Knowledge of the life of a well and the various impacts on systems and data through the well's lifecycle
• Ability to independently serve as a liaison between Expand and the partner
• Ability to write change communication and training documents in an effective and concise manner
• Intermediate understanding of Land process workflows and functions, specifically those surrounding lease data
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, specifically an advanced understanding of Microsoft Excel formulas, functions and pivot tables
• Proficiency in LandView (and other Peloton systems) and Power BI reports
• Understanding of system and network guidelines for managing large quantities of data and applying those guidelines during data transfers

Nice-to-haves

• Preferred: Bachelor's degree - from accredited university - Energy Management or MIS

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits