Events

Ladies and Gentlemen, We are excited to kick off the year with our next in-person lunch meeting for the Austin Professional Landmen’s Association on Friday, September 6th 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. Ted Cross will be speaking about Key Trends & Emerging Unconventional Plays Across Lower 48. What's going on with unconventional plays in Lower 48? Across the country, there are new innovations, causes for concern, and reasons for optimism no matter where you look. In this talk, we will look at trends in production and design across the country, hitting on topics like long laterals and completions designs. We will then make a survey of emerging plays, touching on new zones in the Permian, new areas of development like the western Haynesville, and burgeoning basins like the Uinta. We'll examine well performance, prominent operators, important areas, and other key learnings. Ted Cross is Vice President of Product Management at Novi Labs, an Austin-based oil and gas data analytics company. At Novi, Ted drives company strategy, sets the software development roadmap, and works with engineering and data science teams to build compelling analytics tools. Prior to joining Novi, Ted worked as a geologist for ConocoPhillips in a range of roles including Williston Basin development, Lower 48 exploration, global new ventures, and deep-water Gulf of Mexico. We look forward to seeing you there!

Our next in-person lunch meeting will be Friday, October 4 at 11:30AM at the Enverus Campus, located on the first floor of Building 6, 2901 Via Fortuna, Austin, TX 78746. October’s speaker will be Rob Shultz (the uncle of our own Brandon Shultz!), whose presentation is titled “How to Deal With Really Difficult Landowners.” 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.