Ladies and Gentlemen, We are having our next in-person lunch meeting for the Austin Professional Landmen’s Association on Friday, March 3rd at 11:30AM. Karen Bogisch will present about “Community Property: Tips for the Landman” at the Enverus campus located on the first floor of Building 6, 2901 Via Fortuna, Austin, TX 78746. We will provide a catered lunch to attendees for $25.00. Please register HERE so we have an accurate headcount for food purposes. Karen Bogisch grew up in Seguin, Texas, and received her B.A. degree, summa cum laude, in economics, from Texas Lutheran College in 1988.  Karen graduated from Boston College Law School cum laude in 1991 and worked for a Massachusetts law firm before returning to Texas in 1994.  In 1998, Karen and Bob Goldsmith formed Goldsmith & Bogisch and were partners for twenty years.  At G&B, Karen supervised the firm’s oil and gas title examination section as well as worked on litigation and transactional projects.  In her current law practice, Karen handles a variety of matters for her clients, including negotiating and drafting oil and gas leases, easements, surface use agreements, surface use waivers, solar ground leases, and other agreements related to oil, gas, and energy matters.  Karen also provides advice regarding title issues, royalty payment disputes, and other property-related matters and has over 20-years’ experience examining title to minerals in Texas.  Karen is admitted to practice before state courts in Texas and Massachusetts and before Federal courts in the Western District of Texas. Karen is active in the Austin community, belonging to the Rotary Club of Austin - North by Northeast and the Austin Yacht Club.  At the Rotary Club of Austin - North by Northeast, she is the editor of its newsletter and the 2022-23 club secretary. Karen is an active participant in organized sailboat racing at the Austin Yacht Club, serving as the club secretary for 2018 and 2019.  She has also become involved in activities at her alma mater, Texas Lutheran University, where she serves on the Development Board and has started a scholarship in her name.  Karen is a member of the Oil Gas and Mineral Law section of the Austin Bar Association and a member of the Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. We look forward to seeing you all there!

Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you to Jack Wilhelm for filling in last month and speaking about Trusts and Probate Law. We look forward to our next in-person lunch meeting for the Austin Professional Landmen’s Association on Friday, April 14th at 11:30AM withKaren Bogisch. Karen will present about “Community Property: Tips for the Landman” at the Enverus campus located on the first floor of Building 6, 2901 Via Fortuna, Austin, TX 78746. We will provide a catered lunch to attendees for $25.00. Please register HERE so we have an accurate headcount for food purposes. Karen Bogisch grew up in Seguin, Texas, and received her B.A. degree, summa cum laude, in economics, from Texas Lutheran College in 1988.  Karen graduated from Boston College Law School cum laude in 1991 and worked for a Massachusetts law firm before returning to Texas in 1994.  In 1998, Karen and Bob Goldsmith formed Goldsmith & Bogisch and were partners for twenty years.  At G&B, Karen supervised the firm’s oil and gas title examination section as well as worked on litigation and transactional projects.  In her current law practice, Karen handles a variety of matters for her clients, including negotiating and drafting oil and gas leases, easements, surface use agreements, surface use waivers, solar ground leases, and other agreements related to oil, gas, and energy matters.  Karen also provides advice regarding title issues, royalty payment disputes, and other property-related matters and has over 20-years’ experience examining title to minerals in Texas.  Karen is admitted to practice before state courts in Texas and Massachusetts and before Federal courts in the Western District of Texas. Karen is active in the Austin community, belonging to the Rotary Club of Austin - North by Northeast and the Austin Yacht Club.  At the Rotary Club of Austin - North by Northeast, she is the editor of its newsletter and the 2022-23 club secretary. Karen is an active participant in organized sailboat racing at the Austin Yacht Club, serving as the club secretary for 2018 and 2019.  She has also become involved in activities at her alma mater, Texas Lutheran University, where she serves on the Development Board and has started a scholarship in her name.  Karen is a member of the Oil Gas and Mineral Law section of the Austin Bar Association and a member of the Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. We look forward to seeing you all there!

We are having our next in-person lunch meeting for the Austin Professional Landmen’s Association on Friday, May 5th at 11:30AM. AAPL President Carl Campbell, will present "The State of the Union for AAPL" at the Enverus campus located on the first floor of Building 6, 2901 Via Fortuna, Austin, TX 78746. We will provide a catered lunch to attendees for $25.00. Please register HERE so we have an accurate head count for food purposes. As a co-founder and COO of Alamo Resources LLC, Carl Campbell, CPL, has extensive industry experience in the Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States and in Canada. Alamo Resources currently has holdings in the Gulf of Mexico and the Delaware Basin. A native of Oklahoma City and an alumnus of the University of Oklahoma, Campbell began his professional career in 1983 as a landman for the newly formed PetroCorp Inc. He became a division landman in 1987 during the company’s aggressive exploration and development program in the Mid-Continent region. In 1991, Campbell moved to Houston as the division landman for PetroCorp’s Gulf Coast region, and from 1993 through 1999, he gained a broad spectrum of experience in varied and prolific petroleum provinces as the company’s division land manager for the newly consolidated Gulf Coast, Rockies and Canada Division. Prior to co-founding Alamo Resources in July 2004, Campbell formed Concorde Resources LLC in early 2000, successfully pursuing exploration and development opportunities in the Gulf Coast and Mid-Continent regions. Over the course of his career, he has been directly involved in producing property acquisitions and divestitures totaling in excess of $750 million. A certified professional landman since 1995, Campbell has been an active member of AAPL, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen, the Houston Association of Professional Landmen, the Independent Petroleum Association of America and the Texas Oil and Gas Association. Campbell was elected to the HAPL board of directors in 2004 and is a past president of the organization. He served as AAPL first and second vice president and chairman of its Industry and Public Relations Committee as well as chairman of the NAPE Operators Committee and the NAPE Advisory Board. In 2011 Campbell was honored as HAPL’s Outstanding Landman of the Year and in 2018 as AAPL’s Landman of the Year. In 2012, the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association named him among the Texas Top Producers in the Landman category of awards. In 2013 he was selected as a finalist for the top 100 most influential Houston business leaders in the energy industry. And in 2014 he was named to the Houston Business Journal’s list of Who’s Who in Houston Energy. Campbell currently serves as an advisory board member for the Robert M. Zinke Energy Management Program within the Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma. In addition, he is a past vice chairman and a member of the board of directors for Angel Flight South Central, a nonprofit organization that provides free air transportation to patients for medical and humanitarian purposes. Campbell lives in Houston with wife Jennifer and daughter Victoria. He is an active member of the First Presbyterian Church and a charter member of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston as well as the Houston Museum of Natural Science. We look forward to seeing you there!

Ladies and Gentleman, We are having our next in-person lunch meeting for the Austin Professional Landmen’s Association on Friday, September 8th at 11:30AM. We are excited to kick off the year with Ken Wisian, presenting "Emerging Energy Sources and Sinks - The Geologic Perspective" at the Enverus campus located on the first floor of Building 6, 2901 Via Fortuna, Austin, TX 78746. We will provide a catered lunch to attendees for $25.00. Please register HERE so we have an accurate head count for food purposes. Ken Wisian, Ph.D., Major General USAF (retired), is Associate Director, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geoscience, The University of Texas at Austin. He is a geophysicist whose main research is in geothermal energy. Other research includes; planetary geology/space exploration, the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI), and international relations. Dr Wisian teaches Life in the Universe and Geothermal Systems. Previously, Dr. Wisian was a senior state executive responsible for disaster recovery, oil spill prevention and response, and coastal infrastructure and environmental protection for Texas. Militarily, General Wisian, a navigator/bombardier, flew bombers, transports and fighters, and commanded the Texas Air National Guard and the 147th Reconnaissance Wing flying the MQ-1 Predator (drone). General Wisian is a graduate of the US Air Force Test Pilot School and has more than 70 hours of medium and high-risk test flights as well as combat time in Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia. His combat medals include the Bronze Star and Air Medal. We look forward to seeing you there!

Ladies and Gentleman, We are having our next in-person lunch meeting for the Austin Professional Landmen’s Association on Friday, October 6th at 11:30AM. John Bennett will be presenting "Legislative Update: Oil, Gas, and Energy Resource Bills Enacted by the 88th Texas Legislature" at the Enverus campus located on the first floor of Building 6, 2901 Via Fortuna, Austin, TX 78746. We will provide a catered lunch to attendees for $25.00. Please register HERE so we have an accurate head count for food purposes. John is a partner in the law firm of Osborn & Bennett LLP in Austin, Texas, where he represents clients in litigation, before the Railroad Commission of Texas, and at the Texas Legislature. John formerly served as Committee Director for the Texas Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development in the 85th Regular and First Called Sessions of the Texas Legislature and as General Counsel to Senator Craig Estes in the 82nd through 84th Regular Sessions. Before working at the Legislature, he clerked for Judge Will Garwood of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. During and after his work for the Legislature, he practiced law as a civil litigator in Victoria, Texas, before joining his present firm in 2019. John is a graduate of Williams College and the University of Virginia School of Law. He has made several CLE presentations on the Legislature’s changes to the Administrative Procedures Act and oil, gas, and mineral law. We look forward to seeing you there!

Ladies and Gentleman, We are having our next in-person lunch meeting for the Austin Professional Landmen’s Association on Friday, November 3rd at 11:30AM at the Enverus Campus, located on the first floor of Building 6, 2901 Via Fortuna, Austin, TX 78746. Please register HERE so we have an accurate head count for food purposes. Our immediate past president and the 2023 AAPL Landman of the Year, Jimmy Wright, will be presenting “Ethical Negotiations: Ethical Behavior In and Around Oil and Gas Asset Acquisition and Management.” Mr. Wright graduated from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas with degrees in Spanish and Political Science. After a tour with the United States Army, he began his career as an independent landman in 2004. He has served in many capacities since then, including land manager and executive level leadership for multiple oil and gas operators. He holds an MBA with a focus in Land Management and received both his Certified Professional Landman (CPL) and Certified Mineral Manager (CMM) designations in 2011. Mr. Wright has volunteered in various leadership roles within the American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL), the National Association of Royalty Owners (NARO), the Permian Basin Landmen’s Association (PBLA), and the Austin Professional Landmen’s Association (APLA). A west Texas native, Mr. Wright and his wife, Laura, have two precious teen daughters, Anna and Megan. They enjoy traveling and playing board games as a family. We look forward to seeing you there!

Please mark your calendars. In Lieu of November's happy hour & the December luncheon, the APLA will be hosting a social charity event at Topgolf Austin. Complimentary Topgolf play, food, and beverages will be provided. This year, Topgolf Austin and the APLA are partnering with Toys for Tots Austin and request that you kindly bring a new children's book or toy to be donated at the event. The mission of Toys for Tots is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December of each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the Burnet, Llano, Blanco, Hays, Travis, Williamson, Bastrop and Caldwell Counties. During the 2022 holiday season, Toys for Tots Austin distributed 42,831 toys to over 36,100 Central Texas children. What: APLA Charity Event: Topgolf for Tots When: Thursday, November 30, 2023 from 6:00PM to 8:00PM Where: Topgolf Austin, located at 2700 Esperanza Crossing, Austin, TX 78758

Happy New Year Ladies and Gentlemen!    We are having our next in-person lunch meeting for the Austin Professional Landmen’s Association on Friday, January 12th at 11:30AM at the Enverus Campus, located on the first floor of Building 6, 2901 Via Fortuna, Austin, TX 78746. Please register HERE so we have an accurate head count for food purposes.   Jeb Burleson will be presenting "Trends Across the Upsteam Industry: What We Learned in 2023"    Jeb Burleson is a Senior Product Advisor for E&P at Enverus with over 10 years of industry experience focusing on asset valuations and reserves. His specialties include operational capital efficiency analysis, well database management, economic modeling, decline curve analysis, reserves forecasting, and technical advisory. He obtained his BS in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University, has worked for several operators, and was a project manager and lead reservoir engineer for a consulting firm partnered with an international bank before joining the Enverus team.   We look forward to seeing you there! 

Ladies and Gentlemen,   We are having our next in-person lunch meeting for the Austin Professional Landmen’s Association on Friday, February 2nd at 11:30AM at the Enverus Campus, located on the first floor of Building 6, 2901 Via Fortuna, Austin, TX 78746. Please register HERE so we have an accurate head count for food purposes.   Rob Schultz will be presenting 'AAPL Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice I'. Rob Shultz, CPL graduated from the University of Texas in 1973 and worked briefly for the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. before joining Exxon Co. USA in 1979 as a roustabout in West Texas. Over the next 34 years, Rob filled various professional and supervisory roles for both Exxon and ExxonMobil in Houston, Los Angeles, Tyler and Dallas, Texas.  Before retiring in March 2013, he served as Professional Development Advisor to 200 ExxonMobil Commercial and Land employees worldwide. Rob was involved with property rights and real property interests essentially his entire career.  He’s a longtime member and course facilitator for the AAPL and has been a certified ethics instructor with the International Right of Way Association.  Rob and his wife Cindy have four children, two granddaughters, a grandson, and make their home in Tyler, Texas. We look forward to seeing you there! 

Ladies and Gentlemen, We are having our next in-person lunch meeting for the Austin Professional Landmen’s Association on Friday, March 1st at 11:30AM at the Enverus Campus, located on the first floor of Building 6, 2901 Via Fortuna, Austin, TX 78746. Please register HERE so we have an accurate head count for food purposes. Susan Hovorka will be presenting 'Carbon capture and storage – an expanding subsurface business.' Susan Hovorka is a sedimentologist who works on fluid flow in diverse applications, including water resource protection, oil production, and waste storage. She has led a team working geologic storage of CO 2 since 1998, with a focus on field studies, monitoring, and capacity estimation. Projects include saline injection at the Frio Test site and Cranfield Field and EOR studies at SACROC oil field, Cranfield, Hastings and West Ranch industrial CO 2 utilization projects and GoMCARB offshore characterization study. She specializes in monitoring to document retention. The Gulf Coast Carbon Center is leading efforts to develop offshore storage capacity in the US and globally. She has a long-term commitment to public and educational outreach. She has a BA from Earlham College and a PhD in Geology from The University of Texas at Austin. We look forward to seeing you there!