701 Wildcat Drive                                                                                                                                                        (361) 643-9551

Portland, Texas 78374                                                                                                                                therese@strainland.com

 

THERESE STRAIN

PETROLEUM LAND CONSULTANT

 

Twenty-five years title/oil and gas experience, including all phases of negotiation and administration related to oil and gas exploration and production.  Proficient in Microsoft Office software as well as many PC oil & gas software programs.

 

•     Contract negotiation, preparation and administration

•     Oil and Gas Leases

•     Farmout Agreements, Term Assignments, Letter Agreements    

•     Unitization Agreements

•     Joint Operating Agreements

•     Preparation and filing of assignments, releases, unit designations, affidavits of heirship, and other curative and land-related legal instruments

•     Land Administration

•     Lease Records

•     Division Orders

•     Contracts

•     Acquisition and sale due diligence review and preparation

•     Courthouse/Title examination: mineral, royalty, and working interest ownership reports; runsheets

•     Minerals Management compliance

•     Land software systems conversion and implementation

•     Computer land documentation, procedures, technical writing

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

       American Association of Professional Landmen, Corpus Christi Association of Professional Landmen (President, 2003), National Association of Division Order Analysts, National Association of Lease & Title Analysts

 

PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS

Registered Land Professional (RLP), Certified Division Order Analyst (CDOA)

 

FORMAL ACADEMICS

            The University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Arts (English)

 

EMPLOYMENT                               

10/2005 – present        President, Strain Professional Land Services Co.

 

10/1996 – 1998 &       Independent Landman, Corpus Christi, Texas

2000 – 10/2005           Client companies: Dewbre Petroleum Corp.; DSX Energy, Ltd., LLP.; Esenjay     Petroleum Corp.; Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.; Magnum Producing & Operating Co.;

                                    Riddle Engineering Corp.; Tana Oil & Gas Corp.; VirTex Petroleum Corp.

                                               

1998 to 2000               Esenjay Exploration, Inc. - In-house Landman, Division Order Analyst

 

5/1990 - 10/1996         Tana Oil and Gas Corporation - Division Order Analyst, Land Records Administrator

 

Prior to 1990               Everest Minerals Corporation,    US Life Title Insurance Co., Surety Title Co.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (1988 – present)

Prepared materials and presented seminars (2001-2006) for beginning land professionals; co-presented land seminar to surveyors in conjunction with Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi (2000); taught basic literacy and English as a second language, and trained tutors at the Corpus Christi Literacy Council; adjunct professor for Bee County College, Kingsville, Texas: basic computer, word processing, spreadsheet classes.