Staff Land Analyst

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Job Summary

Job Description

Permian Basin Overview

ConocoPhillips and its heritage companies have operated in the Permian Basin for almost 100 years. Across New Mexico and Texas, the company holds conventional positions in the Northwest Shelf and Central Basin Platform, and an unconventional position in the Delaware Basin. Permian saw significant growth in 2021 with the acquisition of Concho Resources Inc. in January 2021 and the addition of Shell’s Permian acreage in December 2021. At year-end, the company held approximately 1.5 million net acres in the Permian Basin.

Net production for the Permian in 2022 was 461 MBOED.

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Description

If you are selected for the Staff Land Analyst position, you will partner with the Permian Land Asset Teams to support and drive various strategic objectives including acquiring, maintaining and divesting oil & gas leases and Exploration & Production contracts. In addition, you will be a key contact for mineral owner questions, issues and demands

Responsibilities may include:

• Research and analyze leases and contracts
• Calculate oil and gas mineral interest ownership
• Research leases, contracts, and mineral title and provide recommendations to Land Negotiators
• Prepare draft oil and gas agreements and exhibits
• Input and ensure accuracy of data entries in well planning systems to set up operated and non-operated wells, this includes calculating and determining working interest and net revenue interest in various projects
• Input and ensure accuracy of data entries for lease and contract information in Quorum Land System (i.e. ownership, burdens, payment, legal descriptions, depths, obligations, expirations, and payments)
• Gather and analyze data for monthly lease and contract obligation reports
• Maintain databases that track working interest ownership in wells and units
• Create various reports from Land Systems, Spotfire and Business Objects pertaining to critical leases, contracts, agreements, acreage reporting, and cessation of production, etc
• Emphasis is on research, creating various reports, and analysis of data
• Advise and make decisions on due diligence efforts to cure title when divesting or acquiring acreage
• Make recommendations to internal groups such as Finance, Land and Asset Teams on managing budgets as it relates to Lease Acquisitions, Exchanges, and other related land transactions
• Develop and maintain network relationships with government agencies, lessors, mineral owners, and co-owners
• Develop and maintain network relationships with other groups within the company, i.e., Asset Teams, Legal, Finance, Accounting, Tax, Production, and Audit

Basic/Required:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
• Intermediate level of proficiency with common industry Land systems i.e. SAP, Quorum, ArcMap, etc
• Intermediate level of proficiency with financial and reporting systems i.e. SAP, Business Objects, Spotfire, etc
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft O365 applications: Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, and Word

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Energy Management, Energy Commerce, or other technical discipline or foreign equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in oil and gas Land and/or in a Financial Analyst role
• Professional Lease or Title Analyst Certification
• Proactively seeks opportunities for improvement
• Well organized and detail oriented
• Encourages new ways of looking at problems, processes, or solutions
• Actively seeks out diverse people and organizations to collectively achieve business goals
• Consistently demonstrates high integrity, behaves ethically, and follows through on commitments
• Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously within deadline requirements
• Listens actively and invites new ideas for exchanged opinions, then influences and acts to drive positive performance and achieve results
• Builds effective solutions based on available information and makes timely decisions that are safe and ethical
• Takes ownership of actions and follows through on commitments by holding others accountable and standing up for what is right
• Delivers positive results through realistic planning to accomplish goals
• Builds effective solutions based on available information and makes timely decisions that are safe and ethical

Apply Before: June 14, 2024

Sponsorship:

ConocoPhillips’ sponsorship for employment authorization in the U.S. is NOT available for this position.

EEO:

In the US, ConocoPhillips is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.